[sdiy] PIC help

[John Loffink]

Dave Brown and I developed a 2x20 LCD interface with a MIDI passthrough 
function that lets you drive the LCD and a MIDI output from the same 
UART port. I do have kits available if anyone wants to use this for 
other synthesis projects.  More information is here:

http://modularsynthesis.com/cvs/cvs2.htm

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
http://www.wavemakers-synth.com



Eric Brombaugh wrote:
> 6. What do you recommend for an LCD display (2x40 character or less) 
> that would be simple to hook up to a PIC? Do these things have some 
> kind of common interface (SPI)?
>
> Most cheap LCDs (<$10) these days use a parallel interface first 
> designed by Hitachi more than 20 years ago. It takes at least 7 bits 
> of GPIO to talk to one of these parts. Some enterprising folks make 
> little daughter cards that will convert UART/SPI/I2C to the parallel 
> format, but you pay extra for that. Your call - pay more for a larger 
> PIC with sufficient GPIO, or pay more for the interface cards.
>
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