News Summary

• As [Wenting Zhang] describes in a recent reverse-engineering video, this 2,170 x 60 pixel display is somewhat limited in that it doesn’t support the MIPI DSI video mode, only command mode, along with a special instruction (0x3C) for automatic address offsets..
• The Apple Touch Bar was an oddity on a fairly small number of Apple laptops which replaced the function key row with a touch display..
• What I saw would be of no help to me if I were to attempt to interface with an Apple Touch Bar.He figured out how to drive a screen without a datasheet of the screen and with only a bootleg copy of the interface specification..
• As a touch screen with dynamic controls being displayed on it, features such as video playback never were a goal, and thus Apple likely decided to save a few bucks, possibly also due to MIPI licensing costs..
• The last display hack I know of it mikes eclectric stuff video on the iPod nano 6 display from about 10 (!).
• While I’m certain that [Wenting] had something important to say, I’m not certain what it actually was.I’m impressed that [Wenging] managed to get the Apple Touch Bar to do something, but I’m still left with the question as to exactly what was accomplished..