rickalty Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 Hi everyone, this isn't strictly FSUIPC related, but I have great faith in the assembled genius of the regulars, so here we go anyway..... I have found around the net numerous sites telling how to wire a cheap 44780 driven LCD display to a parallel port. The LCDs can be picked up for around $3 for a one line x 16 char display, and no electronics are needed to conect them to a parallel port. Four or five of them would be enough for a basic GA radio stack, making this a cheap solution if it's possible. My question is, though, is it even possible to wire more than one such display to a single parallel port? Getting the data from FSUIPC to the port shouldn't be too tricky, but I don't know if the hardware side is even doable. Does anyone know ? Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulisses Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 I made this project: http://www.digital-flight.com/lcd_project.htm Very nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickalty Posted October 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 Thanks, Ulysses. I also found this site.... http://mikkila.wabbits.org/fsbus/lcd/ with the wiring diagram for wiring two LCD's to a single Parallel port. There's also a link to download a freeware program to interface with FSUIPC and drive the displays. Here's what I'm planning to do... Total cost should be around $40. I got five 2x24 LCD's for $20, of which I'll only use 2, a 25 pin connector, some wire and half a dozen $3 knitter switches. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickalty Posted October 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 I misstyped the image link, sorry.... Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterhkorg Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 Necesito ayuda srs es urgente tengo un arduino uno con display de 7 SEGMENTOS NO SE COMO CONECTAR AL FUIPC O LUNK2FS HE PODIDO CON ENCODERS INTERRUPTORES PERO DISPLAY NO PUEDO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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