Framework display interface, connecting non-framework display

[DHowett]

Somebody got the display from the iPad 7 working on the internal eDP connector!

10.2" iPad 7 display on the internal eDP connector

I’m working on repackaging a framework mainboard in a different case and I needed a smaller display panel to make everything work. The iPad 7 panel is the perfect size, but there was essentially zero information out there on the electrical interface. I spent a little bit of time reverse engineering the pinout and designed an adapter board that “bridges the gap.” The DisplayPort lanes are connected straight through, but the backlight arrangement is completely different, so my board also has a bo…

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.