From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 14 09:56:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20405 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:56:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20397 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01731; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:00:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810141700.KAA01731@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Doug White cc: -current Subject: Re: bktr over new I2C framework, ready In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:38:15 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:00:44 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > If you want an I2C device to play with check out the Matrix Orbital LCD > displays. They're normally driven by RS232 but they do have I2C pins > through the power connector. :) > > The display is very smart and if you throw it characters it'll display > them, no silly intercharacter timing or any of that stuff. > > They're available in multiple sizes, up to 20 char X 4 lines. You can > pick these up through linuxcentral.com. Matrix Orbital is very responsive > to developer questions and is free-software friendly. ... unfortunately their stuff is stupidly expensive. You might want to check out http://www.seetron.com/ for a wider and cheaper range. No i2c though, but much better gear. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message