USB & serial LCD backpack
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Revision as of 16:27, 16 August 2011
Project Summary | |
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Name: | USB & serial LCD backpack |
Buy it: | [ Get one for $16.95 at Seeed Studio] |
Price: | $16.95 |
Status: | Test production |
Manufacturing: | Shipping |
Forum: | [ USB & serial LCD backpack Forum] |

Available for $16.95 at Seeed Studio.
This is a USB and serial backpack for simple HD44780 character LCD screens. It has a few nice features that set it apart from the serial-only LCD backpacks at SparkFun and Adafruit:
- USB and serial control of characters LCDs
- Supported in common software (LCD Smartie) as 'matrix orbital' display
- Adjust contrast and backlight from software
- Couple extra pins for buttons
- 500mA fuse
- USB upgradable
Contents |
Hardware
Download
- LCD Backpack PIC HD44780.package.v1a
- LCD Backpack PIC HD44780.source.r1121.v1a
- Browse LCD Backpack PIC HD44780 SVN
Software and drivers
- LCD Smartie (Windows)
- LCDproc (Linux)
Firmware
Development resources
The controller implements a (subset) of the serial interface used by common Matrix Orbital Serial LCDs.
Resources
License
- Hardware: CC-BY-SA
- Software: CC-BY-SA
- Firmware: CC-BY-SA
- Bootloader: GPL