> $25 isn't too terrible, it is (and shipping $$$), I can have such device for 2$ PCB, 3-4$ DS2480 and LCD 0$ (I own it already)
> However I haven't gotten much use from it yet because I didn't realize > at first that it requires a 4-bit interface and the LCDs I have lying > around are the 8-bit kind; you have to pay attention to it when buying http://www.krionix.net/mylcd.pdf It is my lcd, pdf looks cheap (those charts and scaned images... lol) but they say it does support 4bit mode! Sets interface data length (DL), number of display lines (N) and character font (F). And DL can be 0/1. Maybe they lie :) > 4-bit one unfortunately uses an EL backlight rather than LED.) EL looks nice, low power consumption but that is not a good idea to use EL ON all the time, they can work up to 1000h MTBF? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
