After spending time reverse-engineering various TFT LCD displays from mobile phones and other devices, Andy Brown developed methods of controlling them with an Arduino. However thanks to the number of pixels, colour depth and pure CPU power required to create an interactive large display - the results were somewhat lacking. Until now.
Andy has instead developed his own graphics coprocessor unit, based around a 32-bit STM32F0 micrcontroller. This has the faster CPU speed to drive the larger displays, and interfaces with the Arduino via the I2C bus. This is an amazing and neat solution - freeing up all the usual GPIO pins, while giving access to larger LCD displays for the Arduino.
The entire project both hardware and software is explained very well, even to the point of overclocking the STM32F0. Check out the following video for a demonstration of an Arduino-driven screen in action:
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