From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 16 23:38:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED2C37B65C for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:38:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA34017; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:37:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Nate Lawson Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LCD panel/buttons In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:03:56 PDT." Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:37:56 +0200 Message-ID: <34015.961223876@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , Nate L awson writes: >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. You can drive such an LCD from your parallel port just fine. There will even be a few input wires free for implementing a keyboard. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message