[Elecraft] P3 SVGA questions

Alan Bloom n1al at sonic.net
Fri Apr 22 15:27:11 EDT 2016


On 04/22/2016 12:08 PM, Mike Dodd wrote:

> 1. I found some 6" LCD monitors commonly used with Raspberry Pi devices.
> If a monitor is specified as VGA, will the P3 SVGA option drive it OK?
> The user manual seems to imply that it will, with the various display
> resolutions, but I'd like to be sure before I order either one.

It should work as long as it has one of the P3/SVGA's supported screen 
resolutions:

- 1024 x 768
- 1280 x 1024
- 1440 x 900
- 1920 x 1080

> 2. The user manual says I can switch the SVGA output on and off. If the
> SVGA is on, is the P3's internal display turned off, or is there a way I
> can turn it off?

You can turn the display brightness to zero with the "LCD Brt" menu item.

Alan N1AL



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