Thunderchild
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OK so I'm taking my limited pic skills one step further: controlling displays.
Now my first project will be a simple voltmeter, now what is the best way of interfacing with a 7 segment display from a pic ? I'm using mikroebasic so have the option of HD44780 communication but I think thats a bit too much as I'm only talking 3 characters and I think they come in a minimum of 8 chars. whats my best option ? because if I choose to "manually" interface 3 characters I'm going to be needing 3 7-8 bit ports on the pic or some contyrol circuitry that will make it awful cumbersome unless there are some semi intelligent diplays out there !
ideas anyone ?
I'm also at a loss as to where to buy HD44780 diplays as neither farnell or RS stock them
Now my first project will be a simple voltmeter, now what is the best way of interfacing with a 7 segment display from a pic ? I'm using mikroebasic so have the option of HD44780 communication but I think thats a bit too much as I'm only talking 3 characters and I think they come in a minimum of 8 chars. whats my best option ? because if I choose to "manually" interface 3 characters I'm going to be needing 3 7-8 bit ports on the pic or some contyrol circuitry that will make it awful cumbersome unless there are some semi intelligent diplays out there !
ideas anyone ?
I'm also at a loss as to where to buy HD44780 diplays as neither farnell or RS stock them
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