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Elkor:
I believe that ArcadeOS already has support for serial-LCD panels (and has for quite some time)

-C

SirPoonga:
Yeah, I have a 20x2 LCD that I'm not using right now.

drabbit:
Here you go...

http://www.gameroom.com/merlintopgun/lcd.html
http://www.gameroom.com/merlintopgun/software.html

This is a MAME project that uses an LCD display, here is a quote from that page...

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Not only does the Zhed display show song info, but I use it to display system stas like cpu usage, time, date, uptime, available diskspace , etc.
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I remember seeing another one but can't find it anywhere. The other would display controller usage, like what buttons and controllers to use for each game it would start up.  He probably used ArcadeOS because it does support LCD displays, here is a quote from the doc file...

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.LCD screen support
 AOS now supports use of an LCD screen attached to a COM port.
 This can be used to display instructions/logos/bitmaps etc.
   Submitted by Danny Rego
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Hope this helps, would be great to add LCD support to EmuLoader or any other Windows Front End for people that use Windows.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote ---I love the idea of showing moves in game.

the person to talk to on this might be Howard.
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pyrobrit:
Hi.  

Below is a small piece of text from one of my LCD projects that can be found at www.smoothlcd.co.uk
There are many projects that use LCDs for all types of applications.  It is great fun to build one just to show off to your mates.

Regards

Nick.W


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Where can I buy the LCD displays?

In the USA, have a look at www.seetron.com Scot Electronics. You can buy just the serial board or the LCD with fitted serial here. International delivery is available.

In the UK, have a look at www.milinst.com. They are a distributor of Scot Electronics and have the modules in stock that we require for this project.

It works out cheaper for UK citizens to buy here than from overseas.

RS also sell LCDs and their own serial modules. I have not looked at this serial module so cannot tell you how difficult it will be to integrate into the current code.rswww.com

Farnell electronics is another international company that sell LCD modules. Similar to RS but the online catalogue is hard to navigate. www.farnell.com

CPC is another in the UK. Their online catalogue has been down for the last 3 years. I wonder if they know how much business they are losing. www.cpc.co.uk.

I wish they would hurry up and get it back online as they have a great selection of high current rotary switches and I want one.

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