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Date:      Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:54:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@elite.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LCD panel/buttons
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006170152250.45538-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.1000616165943.19992B-100000@almond.elite.net>

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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Nate Lawson wrote:
> I am working on an embedded system and was curious what people commonly 
> use for an LCD display and button panel.  Whistle (whistle.com) seems to 
> have a good setup and uses FreeBSD.  I've also looked at the USB stuff 
> (ActiveWireInc.com) and it's a bit pricey for per-unit volume.  Any 
> suggestions?  I need probably two lines of 20 characters, alphanumeric.

http://www.matrixorbital.com/

RS232 and I2C

> Also, we hope to add an IR remote.  I was looking at the keyspan.com
> USB unit that maps IR to keystrokes.  This seems like a good thing but
> it's also a bit pricey.  Has anyone used the IR port on PC
> motherboards to have a universal remote device for FreeBSD?  Any other
> suggestions would be great.

Seems like there should be some I2C solution you could use.

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