Re: Electronic Wizards

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >optimistic ...

Maybe (ie: certainly) ... but something that update every (say)
ten-seconds (rather than 25Hz), might still be useful !

Chris



Frank Mc Alinden wrote:

>Hi Chris
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>>must say, I took the original question to refer to a small screen
able
>>to show a whole picture, rather than just a few lines of message
...
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>I think your a little optimistic here ;-))............Although Ian Bird
is
>working on  a  much bigger lcd touchscreen project...........not sure
what
>stage hes at ....
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>Frank
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Hunter" <cjhunter@xxxxxxx>
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:26 PM
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Electronic Wizards
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>>must say, I took the original question to refer to a small screen
able
>>to show a whole picture, rather than just a few lines of message
...
>>
>>maybe I misunderstood ...
>>
>>still, having small (50mm or better 100mm, even 150mm) relay
screens all
>>around the house would appeal to us ...
>>
>>Chris
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>>Ian Lowe wrote:
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>>>I do this to VFD displays, using an MSS100 to drive them (I
just run the
>>>RS232 TX wire to a bus block, then out over CAT5, rather than
proper
>>>serial
>>>to each display).
>>>
>>>displays useful stuff from xPLHal server - current track
playing, caller
>>>ID,
>>>that sort of thing.
>>>
>>>Ian.
>>>
>>> _____
>>>
>>>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>>Dan Ward
>>>Sent: 18 September 2006 22:35
>>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Electronic Wizards
>>>
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>>>
>>>I have seen a few 1-wire devices that would allow this, with
any hitachi
>>>based lcd
>>>
>>>I seem to recall hobby boards do one.
>>>
>>>Chris Miles wrote:
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>>>>Have any the electronics guys ever thought about developing
a ethernet
>>>>module with a small LCD display
>>>>that can be plugged in anywhere in the house and displays
network
>>>>information / current channel being
>>>>sent down to the tv / music titles being transmitted via FM
to home
>>>>stereo systems etc.
>>>>
>>>>Or maybe even using CAT5 medium to send power and a
parallel
>>>>connection down to the display?
>>>>
>>>>Chris
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