Patrick Timlin wrote:
Steve Gontarek wrote ...

I'm in need of LCD TFT 3.8cm module for a Olympus C-220 digital
camera.
[The camera] does actually still work - takes pictures fine etc, but I
have to plug it into the TV to change the options etc - a slight
handicap :-(


Do not have a source of LCDs for you, but how about serial controlling
the camera? I believe you can change a lot of setting via the serial
port, both from the Oly Camedia software and from several third party
programs.

On a side note, but related, my old D-220L's LCD crapped out on it (my
daughter dropped the camera), but I had already upgraded to a newer
model (which is why I let my young daughter play with the old one).
Because the camera was not really being used anyway, I researched the
protocol for serial controlling the camera and made a small
microcontroller project that can talk to the camera serially and
command photos to be taken. I haven't put it to a lot of use yet, but
the intial idea was a small circuit that could run the camera and take
time lapse photos (e.g. one photo every minute, hour, etc.). While
this is already implimented in some PC software and at least one Palm
pilot program I know of, I wanted a small cheap circuit that could do
this so I could set up and leave the camera places I normally would
not leave a computer, laptop, or expensive palm pilot where they might
be stolen or damaged (weather, etc.). My circuit worked very nicely.

The concept would also be expanded such as rather than taking a photo
every x minutes, you could have a photo taken when an input it
activated (trip wire, optical sensor, etc.) to capture photos of, for
example, animals travelling a trail.

Anyway, do to the low value of the camera, you might find a new use
for it like I did with mine, where the need to use the LCD is not
required. I think there are programs out there where you can use it as
a web cam too.

Hi...

With the exception of the external trigger, all of
these (and more) are available in came09

It's freeware; should be easily found on the net.


Ken