LCD Displays

[Tim Schmidt]

I've looked into building a Route66 box 
(http://www.anders.com/projects/route66/) that uses an LCD/VFD display, 
Anders recomends one from Matrix Orbital (http://www.matrix-orbital.com/).  
I've found them (of all places) at Linux Central (http://linuxcentral.com/) 
in Clinton Township.  They're about half-way down MO's distributors page 
(http://www.matrix-orbital.com/distributors.htm).  Here's MO's page on VFDs 
(http://www.matrix-orbital.com/serial-vfd.htm), They are reccomended for 
in-car products because they are viewable in dirrect sunlight (unlike most 
LCDs) and they have a much wider functional temperature range.

A quick visit to Linux Central shows that they have a 20x4 VFD with bay 
insert in two colors for $167.95 
(http://linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=M000-017&id=7cJzJTstNfFfY), 
a 20x4 plane jane VFD for $139.95 
(http://linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=M000-009&id=7cJzJTstNfFfY), 
and a 20x4 VFD with keypad for $148.95 
(http://linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=M000-011&id=7cJzJTstNfFfY).

Ok, now that that's over, I think we need to discuss the GLLUG awards for 
completely obliterating a question, and astounding number of URLs per 
english word. ;)

--Tim


>From: Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu>
>To: "Linux User's Group" <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
>Subject: Re: LCD Displays
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:39:58 -0400
>
>Quoted from Ben Pfaff on Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:30:37PM -0400:
> > Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:
> >
> > > doesn't make sense.  If you think about it, a 5" VGA LCD display
> > > should be *cheap*, maybe $125 considering I've seen 14" monitors
> > > under $400...  *sigh*  I guess most people don't think like me...
>
>OK, I found something that looks promising (ironically it says
>"Ideal for MP-3 players!!" hehehe).  It's  $99 for a 240x64
>graphics LCD module with an RS232 port, and it has 6 push buttons.
>Anyone want to take a look and share your opinion on if this will
>work for a car mp3 player display, preferably anyone who has thought
>of a similar project and might be interested in getting one too? =)
>
>Here's the links:
>http://www.earthlcd.com/serial_lcd.htm (showing price and overview)
>http://www.earthlcd.com/piclweb/piclindex.htm (product page)
>
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>--
>Edward Glowacki				glowack2@msu.edu
>GLLUG Peon  				http://www.gllug.org
>Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
>                 -- Jules de Gaultier
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