Connect HDMI to laptop monitor?

[vailixi]

I'm thinking about using a small ARM based computer to create a cheap, portable, expendable laptop. Most of the smaller boards just have HDMI or mini HDMI. Anybody know how to connect that up to a laptop screen. Is there converter available?

[Mr-Protocol]

That's not possible through HDMI. You can do bi-directional audio, but not video.

[cooper]

You want something like this.

[barry99705]

This.

Been meaning to try it with mine, but haven't scrounged up the adapter cables yet. You'll need a hdmi to micro female hdmi adapter. Hak5 sold a few of these in the store once, but I missed out on getting them.

Just looked, they link to the adapter cable on the amazon page.

Edited October 29, 2015 by barry99705

[bored369]

Someone posted this link in the IRC chat a bit ago (forgot who :( ) but there's lots of options for different screens

Note that when it has hdmi it can accept any hdmi input (so the compute sticks, rPis, desktop/laptop graphics cards or anything with HDMI output all work with these)

https://www.adafruit.com/categories/287

[cooper]

Be careful with those screens from the Adafruit page - as you can tell from the image they typically don't have an HDMI input in and of themselves. Instead there's typically a controller board included which in turn has the HDMI input. Alternatively they hook into some Pi-specific on-board connector.

[vailixi]

I'm not sure of the vocabulary on the parts. What is the laptop ribbon thingy called? And then what is the board called that can convert that to HDMI if there is one?

Sorry if I sound ignorant here.

Edited October 30, 2015 by vailixi

[cooper]

Look at the schematic of a Pi. Find whe

I Googled "Raspberry Pi display connector" and this was the top link which, indeed, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the connection.