LVDS: What exactly is it good for?

[RaiderJ]

Looking to pick up an EPIA board, maybe with LVDS, maybe not. Is there any advantage to it, and are there even displays out there that use it? I can't seem to find any!

 

[RaiderJ]

Bump! Links to any good websites?

 

[FrustratedUser]

LVDS linky!

Short for Low Voltage Differential Signaling, a low noise, low power, low amplitude method for high-speed (gigabits per second) data transmission over copper wire.

A few good things to start with. 😀

 

[RaiderJ]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/LVDS.html">LVDS linky!</a>

Short for Low Voltage Differential Signaling, a low noise, low power, low amplitude method for high-speed (gigabits per second) data transmission over copper wire.

A few good things to start with. 😀

That helps... but does LVDS have any practical uses? Maybe connecting to an old laptop screen or something? Anything that might be of use to a carputer or something?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/LVDS.html">LVDS linky!</a>

Short for Low Voltage Differential Signaling, a low noise, low power, low amplitude method for high-speed (gigabits per second) data transmission over copper wire.

A few good things to start with. 😀

That helps... but does LVDS have any practical uses? Maybe connecting to an old laptop screen or something? Anything that might be of use to a carputer or something?

Some practical uses and reasons.

Low voltage on signal lines ---> low EMI/RFI emission, low power consumption.
Differential Signals ---> Noise resistant

For a carputer it would be a good serial interface. The LVDS is just a hardware definition. You can run any kind of protocol over it.