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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Finding an LCD controller board</title><link>https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/f/forum/30703/finding-an-lcd-controller-board</link><description>Recently I bought myself a Lenovo Yoga 510 so that I can do work when I am away from my desktop, my old laptop died, however, the screen and HDD are working, I know how to connect the HDD drive up easily but the screens are obviously a bit trickier. The</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:19:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://community.element14.com/products/raspberry-pi/f/forum/30703/finding-an-lcd-controller-board" /><item><title>RE: Finding an LCD controller board</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/104588?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2016 00:19:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d40c3db3-a1e2-476d-b625-de53143460e0</guid><dc:creator>djfraz</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;IF you are wanting to use it as a cheap second display go onto Ebay and search for &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Model number + HDMI Controller driver&amp;quot;. &lt;/em&gt; I had a quick look for you the closest one I found is for a similar model &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/kit-for-B156XW02-V-2-HDMI-DVI-VGA-LCD-LED-Controller-Driver-Board-/122228046410?hash=item1c755bfa4a:g:GcwAAOSwx2dYFdW7" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/kit-for-B156XW02-V-2-HDMI-DVI-VGA-LCD-LED-Controller-Driver-Board-/122228046410?hash=item1c755bfa4a:g:GcwAAOSwx2dYFdW7"&gt;kit for B156XW02 V.2 HDMI + DVI + VGA LCD LED Controller Driver Board | eBay&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GcwAAOSwx2dYFdW7/s-l400.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="kit-for-B156XW02-V-2-HDMI-DVI-VGA-LCD-LED-Controller-Driver-Board" class="jive-image" src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GcwAAOSwx2dYFdW7/s-l400.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;All you will need to do is connect up the cable and it is good to go, they normally have an HDMI, VGA and DVI connections on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;There is a good video on youtube about taking an old laptop screen and turning it into a decent second monitor for a laptop. I know from experience of my uni laptop that the screen is never big enough (especcially when working on a 50 page report)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://youtu.be/CfirQC99xPc" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://youtu.be/CfirQC99xPc"&gt;https://youtu.be/CfirQC99xPc&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Finding an LCD controller board</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/103988?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:35:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:f5b7073c-7bec-4d93-b5fb-0ec3904702f6</guid><dc:creator>chandlerpl</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Thanks, I was supposed to reply to you when you posted it but I completely forgot with all the Uni work I&amp;#39;ve got. I looked on the website and couldn&amp;#39;t find anything, haven&amp;#39;t looked at the other links yet, though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Finding an LCD controller board</title><link>https://community.element14.com/thread/103860?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:19:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:b7d6130e-e26e-4e6e-8996-bdce24fcbda2</guid><dc:creator>clem57</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;The best source is at the manufacturer &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://auo.com/search.php?lang=en-US&amp;amp;keyword=B11XAN03.2" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="http://auo.com/search.php?lang=en-US&amp;amp;keyword=B11XAN03.2"&gt;http://auo.com/search.php?lang=en-US&amp;amp;keyword=B11XAN03.2&lt;/a&gt; . But probable too old to find. &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://blog.fireside.co/how-to-choose-lcd-screen-for-raspberry-pi/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="http://blog.fireside.co/how-to-choose-lcd-screen-for-raspberry-pi/"&gt;How to Choose an LCD Screen For Your Raspberry Pi Media Panel - Fireside, Inc&lt;/a&gt; gives the troubles to find the controller. &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Using-and-old-laptops-display-with-Raspberry-Pi/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Using-and-old-laptops-display-with-Raspberry-Pi/"&gt;Using an old laptop&amp;#39;s display with Raspberry Pi?&lt;/a&gt; (== Failed attempt. And working solutions at &lt;a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://elinux.org/RPi_Screens" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="http://elinux.org/RPi_Screens"&gt;RPi Screens - eLinux.org&lt;/a&gt; . Sorry the answer is not so simple because the controller is on the motherboard and is non standard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;Clem&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>