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Reply #45 –
[quote author="Sleepwalker3"][quote author="Sjaak"] When I first got a display with flatflex like this i was scared. All the product photo's it looks like you got large pads, untill you have them at hand.[/quote]
With some of the soldering I'd seen you do in the vids, I didn't think a little flex board would even make you blink! :D[/quote]

Just do it I guess :D

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Reply #46 –
So my displays don't have the vias in the connectors, they're just single-sided flexi. The first one, I soldered enamelled wires on by hand, but what would be the 'normal' method of connecting one to a PCB (in the absence of a proper flex connector).

1. Board and connector facing the same way and solder bridging from pad to connector
2. Board and connector tinned and then placed face-to-face and heated to reflow the solder.
3. Something else?

I'm pondering a backpack for these as my first foray into PCBs, thanks to Mat's PAW inspiration :-)

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Reply #47 –
Option 2 seems the most reliable method to me.

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Reply #48 –
Yeah, I think you could use either method 1 or 2, but I agree with Sjaak, 1 seems to be the most logical (bearing in mind I haven't tried it yet).

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Reply #49 –
for somebody who has tried these, do they need to be buffered or do you just throw the data at them and they retain it?

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Reply #50 –
They've got their own internal framebuffer, so just throw the data at them. However, it's not readable, and a bit of an awkward layout for bitmapped graphics, so if you're intending on doing anything clever, you'll probably want to have your own, and only send deltas.

For straight text output, it's a doddle (as that's what the layout is designed for).

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Reply #51 –
Thanks, that sounds OK. At this point I only want to use them for text, so should be fine.  Got a couple of little projects in mind where a cheap, easy, small and thin display could be useful, was thinking about LadyAda's tiny OLED http://https://www.adafruit.com/products/661 which would have been nice, but it needs to be buffered and I just want to use a simple thing with minimal programming.

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Reply #52 –
1202 is the worst ever phone released by nokia
very cheap pcb

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Reply #53 –
Hi Guys,
I haven't been around much lately due to some personal, health and work matters, but thought I'd let you guys know about this. I happened to be over at the 43Oh forum a while back looking at the 'PowerScope' project after it was mentioned on DP (thanks Ian). Some people were talking about the cost of LCD displays and I suggested they try out this Nokia display and advised about the code already written for the 430 by Toxic239 and Opossum. Turns out Bluehash (the site admin) liked that and has built a 'Booster Pack' (what the Arduino crowd would call a shield I guess) to suit the 430 Launchpad.  I can't really take much credit other than letting the 430 guys know about it, the work of Greeeg, Toxix239, Opssum, Mats and others (sorry if I've missed you!) are the ones that deserve the credit, so I figured I'd drop in and mention it.

If you're interested in following the 430 stuff or seeing the boosterpack, then drop over to the 430 forum
http://http://forum.43oh.com/topic/3430-powerscope/page-2#entry32812

Cheers!

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Reply #54 –
hope things start going better for you, Sleepwalker3.

It's always nice to see cross-pollination at work!

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Reply #55 –
[quote author="Sleepwalker3"]Hi Guys,
I haven't been around much lately due to some personal, health and work matters, but thought I'd let you guys know about this. I happened to be over at the 43Oh forum a while back looking at the 'PowerScope' project after it was mentioned on DP (thanks Ian). Some people were talking about the cost of LCD displays and I suggested they try out this Nokia display and advised about the code already written for the 430 by Toxic239 and Opossum. Turns out Bluehash (the site admin) liked that and has built a 'Booster Pack' (what the Arduino crowd would call a shield I guess) to suit the 430 Launchpad.  I can't really take much credit other than letting the 430 guys know about it, the work of Greeeg, Toxix239, Opssum, Mats and others (sorry if I've missed you!) are the ones that deserve the credit, so I figured I'd drop in and mention it.

If you're interested in following the 430 stuff or seeing the boosterpack, then drop over to the 430 forum
http://http://forum.43oh.com/topic/3430-powerscope/page-2#entry32812

Cheers![/quote]

Thanks SleepWalker.. hope all goes well with you.
I just wanted to drop in and say thank you for the LCD mention and also the work in this thread. I have two boosterpacks to spare, with LCDs which I can send over to any of you guys. They won't be assembled. Just the PCB and the LCD, which I'm sure you can put together.
Thanks again.

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Reply #56 –
Thanks guys for your support, it's much appreciated  :)

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Reply #57 –
[quote author="matseng"]It's a game from Ludum Dare MiniLD #34 competition. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/minild-3 ... &uid=13730

I haven't hooked up a joystick yet so I haven't actually played it, but it looks cool.[/quote]

Wow! Great to see that someone has wired up a display and got my game running! Have you tried it with a joystick yet? I have to confess, it's not a very exciting game, though.

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Reply #58 –
Thanks for sharing code!

question?

Reply #59 –
can i read a byte from this LCD ??
i want to set pixels individually so i think  i have to read a byte of data and change that pixel and write it again.