From: Michael R. <re...@eu...> - 2007-01-12 20:06:44
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Hi Greg, > From which I've been able to get a driver up and running in basic > form. =20 How did you implement the driver? Did you use the SDK, or did you use direct libusb calls? > Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be anything (obvious) that > would allow user defined characters on the fly. They offer the > capacity to install up to 10 custom characters via a text file, but > they don't tell you how to use those characters once installed. I did a quick glance over the SDK sources, and I'=C4ve seen all the stuff I'd need. And it looks quite simple. The protocol they use is similar to stuff I've done already. I suppose the display itself is a standard HD44780, and they just built an interface around it... > This results in no icons and no bar segments ... well, there are bar > segments, but it's all garbage characters (even flipping the > ascii255bug on and off). Not havind bars and icons would be a Bad Thing (TM) :-) > For what it's worth, after talking to Nico Pavel (the developer at > ituner.com), it seems like they, too, are working on a lcd4linux > driver but it may not be released for a little while yet. As I said, writing a driver should be easy. But writing it "blind" (without a display to test) may be complicated. As I really like the cute pictures of the display, I'm thinking about ordering one. But shipping and customs may be expensive to Austria.... (maybe they want to donate a "development sample"? :-) bye, Michael --=20 Michael Reinelt <re...@eu...> http://home.pages.at/reinelt GPG-Key 0xDF13BA50 ICQ #288386781 |