Re: [Gumstix-users] Robostix and LCD.

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Erick,

> >What type of LCD are you talking about?
> >
>     Honestly, I'm not too sure at this point. I am certainly more of a
> programmer than an electronics wizard though I am leaning twords the PDA
> style at this point though the SPI interface is a good suggestion. My
> ultimate plans were to buy an I2C Servo controller similar to this one
> http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk/shop/Servo_Controllers2070.htm as the
> robot I want to build uses quite a few servos. I want a rangefinder,
> servo controller, accelerometer, and GPS along with the LCD.

Then you might also be interested in the openservo project, which
replaces the motor controller in inexpensive type servos:
http://www.openservo.com/

You'd have to make your own boards, but it might be worth considering.

On the LCD front, I picked up some surplus 4 line x 20 and 2 line by
24 LCDs and they seem to work fine on the Robostix using Peter
Fleury's LCD code:
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/peterfleury/avr-lcd44780.html

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/