To each his own....
The fact that Anderson used a PIC chip is irrelevant.
You just send it a serial text command and it does the
rest. Just like any ther serial LCD dispaly.
Myc
--- Stefan Trethan <
stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006 15:32:20 +0200, mycroft2152
> <mycroft2152@...>
> wrote:
>
> > A parallel display can take up too many pins for
> the application.
> > Most serial display are much more expensive.
> > A good compromise is to use the PH Anderail serial
> driver kit for
> > LCD's. These kits start at $5 and included a
> dedicated PIC acting as
> > a serial to parallel LCD controller.
> > The PIC takes care of all the overhead and has a
> built in command
> > structure for display commands and works great!
> > These guys http://www.wulfden.org/k107/index.shtml
> have just
> > introduced a pcb to go along with PH Anderson's
> kit. It worth taking
> > a look at.
> > Myc
>
>
> I'd prefer not to use another micro, if i really had
> to it would be an
> atmel so is it compatible with the rest.
>
> There's also a schematic out there showing how one
> can use an attiny or
> someting with very few (like 2 or 3) outputs to
> drive a hd... parallel
> LCD. I think they used a simple shift register.
>
> Anyway, not sure, i guess i would even prefer LED
> display here...
>
> Probably easier for me to just use a standard led
> panelmeter circuit
> (should have some of those around) and do the rest
> of the control analog
> as well.
>
>
> ST
>
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