Does anyone know of an MBED library for the Himax HX8257-A LCD driver?

Hello Brian, this driver need a external TFT controller. The SPI port is only for setting parameters , contrast . The pixel data has to be send over the databus 3 * 8 bit or 24 bit with sync signals. You will not have enough ram to hold the screen buffer inside a mbed. The NXP1788 is a processor with a TFT controller, but you need a external SD Ram for the frame buffer.

Have a look for a TFT with build in controller like the HX8347D or ILI9341.

Regards, Peter

Thank you especially for the leads on the other controllers.

If found this MBED project: http://mbed.org/users/dreschpe/notebook/qvga-tft-with-hx8347d-controller/

That uses the TFT Proto Board from MicroElectronica. The screen size is just slightly smaller than ideal, but I can make it work.

Are there other MBED LCD projects with similar characteristics that I should also consider? Have others had experience with similar MBED libraries? I'd love to find something off-the-shelf.

I'm looking for roughly:

320-480ish in the X-axis and 240-272ish in the vertical in a 2.8"-3.5" screen. I need either a capacitive or resistive touch, but the ideal controller would provide either (via separate model numbers, obviously) with the same MBED interface.

Current MicroElectronika boards come with ILI9341 controller , as Peter Drescher has advised us There are also some chinese screens that come with ILI9320 ( spi or parallel ) have a look at this.. http://mbed.org/users/frankvnk/notebook/lpc1768-mini-dk/ Have a look at the LCD section at cookbook as well for various QVGA lcd + touchscreen

Regards

Christos