At 11:26 PM 1/21/99 -0800, Chuck McManis wrote:
I want one of those LCD panels! Where can I find
one?
<http://www.linuxcentral.com/>
Those are very nice. For the cheap bastards on the list, I have been working
with the PICanLCD from B. G. Micro. I got a 4x20 LCD from them for $9,
the PICanLCD chip for ~$12, and the ready-to-go PCB for ~$12.
You don't get a back light, it's not preassembled and features like
bar graphs are not done in firmware, but you can display the same
information at less than half the cost, if you do your own assembly work.
I have submitted code for lcdproc-0.3.4 (to be known as 0.3.4.4 when it
is released) and am working on code for lcdproc-0.4pre2. My LCD web page
is at
http://www.infinet.com/~erd/lcd/
For the really cheap who don't care if the LCD panel soaks up more cycles,
you can drive a panel from any sort of parallel port (even a PET!) Support
is already in place with lcdproc-0.3.4. You need four bits for data,
eight if you are worried about bandwidth and have bits to spare, and three
bits for control.
If you don't know which end of a soldering iron to pick up, go to linuxcentral.
Enjoy,
-ethan
P.S. Any interest in LCD code for the 6502?