Hi, First post on here so excuse me if i’m doing something wrong. I’ve been working on a project for a while that’s set to use a framework baord (yet to decide between an 11” or 13”, may come down to price) but necessarily cannot use a framework “compatible” display without greatly leaving the desgin envelope of the project. One idea I had was to simply to usb-c→hdmi out, but ideally i’d get a signal out of the internal connector. I’ve trolled the forums a bit and have yet to find someone actually doing this (again, excuse me if I missed anything, i’m not the best at computers, ironically enough).
Another challenge will be integrating a battery system, but for that I may just buy and harvest the board from a battery to use. Expensive, but i plan to use a series of higher capacity cells that i’m more confertable enduring the potential shock they may face.
Somebody got the display from the iPad 7 working on the internal eDP connector!
I’m not sure if they ever published the design for their adapter board, but it looks like it might be part of a larger project for making the Framework mainboard work in a Thinkpad chassis.
I think the problems you will come up against are:
there is not a standard pinout for eDP connectors on the mainboard end, and also the display panel end.
the voltage supplied to the panel is also non standard so you might need a DC-DC converter. Thus risk of frying the panel when connecting the first time.
So, once you have solved the above, you can the select cables and adapter board. The adapter board generally does:
does cable connector pinout reassignment so you can use off the shelf cables.
