Eric- The screen I saw was on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SHARP-8-4-LCD-SCREEN-PANEL-APPLE-DELL-LAPTOP-CAR_W0QQitemZ300092346949QQcategoryZ51161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
If the link doesn't go thru try a search for item 300092346949 Jack Ensor Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Jack, > > Can you provide a link to the monitor you are referring to. I looked at the > Sharp web site (http://www.sharpusa.com) and was not able to find an 8.4" > monitor other than those using standard VGA, etc. inputs, for which no > additional drivers are necessary. > > Alternately, I recently checked into head an interface which supports 4 line > x 20 character displays such as those available from matrix orbital > (http://www.matrixorbital.com/index.php?cName=lcd-mx4-series) and > Crystalfontz (http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/index-usb.html). > > The interface is dependent upon lcdproc, which provides drivers for these > and many other LCD displays. > > It is certainly not ready for prime time, but you can look at it by using > the ncurses interface (I can send you the configuration if necessary). You > will need to do a checkout and compile of head, since that is the only place > it currently exists. Then either start LCDd (LCDProc Daemon, see lcdproc > instructions) manually or put it into the startup script. Lastly, in one of > your hal files, add the following line: > loadusr emclcd > > And then run EMC normally. > > It is still in its early stages, so there is some other information I would > need to supply, like key mappings. In a 4 line x 20 character display it > provides information such as the current program loaded, dynamic X, Y, Z > positions, progress bar, run, pause / resume, stop, step, etc. functions, as > well as a menuing system for accessing other parameters and settings. > > Let me know if this is of interest to you and I can provide additional > information. > > Regards, > Eric > > > >> I've been looking for a small flat panel monitor for mounting >> on my machine control panel for my EMC Bridgeport controller. >> Sharp has an >> 8.4 inch LCD panel that would be perfect except a driver or >> interface board would be needed to interface with it. I >> haven't been able to find any boards. Does anyone know of >> any or have any suggestions for finding a small flat panel at >> a reasonable cost? >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > . > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
