11 Jan
2007
11 Jan
'07
6:24 p.m.
I've got a fancy push button gizmo that has a 64 by 128 pixel LED graphic
display inside. A RS-422 serial link talks to a controller board that can
support
up to four push button modules.
Looks MIL-spec, had to be pricy too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: EDAX 9100 photos are on-line.
On 1/11/07, Adrian Graham <witchy at
binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
On 11/1/07 18:50, "Ethan Dicks"
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
It's not so much _what_ it is as where it is. It reminds me of the
character legends above/below dials in a dial box.
I've thought about something like that with a more modern twist - I
have a few 40x2 LCDs - I got them from BG Micro, but I think they were
originally from a satellite TV box - one could mount some shaft
encoders above and below the LCD and have 8-10 chars per dial, or one
could mount it above the function keys and do something similar to
what this terminal is doing.
-ethan
The keyboard close-up was nice. Never seen a
legend bar above the
function keys like that... pretty slick.
It's just a serially driven LED cluster though isn't it? Doesn't stop it
being slick, mind :)