Homebrew PCBs

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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