AVR-Chat

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:06:46PM -0000, ecros_technology wrote:
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P" <qz9090@...> wrote:
> >
> > I ... was wondering where everyone else buys their LCDs?
> 
> You write that you are "just starting with AVRs".  What development
> hardware do you have?  Many people start with the AVR Dragon, which
> has on-chip debug capability as well as device programming.  If you
> are going in this direction, you might be interested in my product the
> Dragon Rider 500, which adapts the Dragon into a flexible development
> system.  My excuse for mentioning this is that one of the Add-On Parts
> Kits is a 16 character by 2 line LCD, just what you're looking for.
> It is not as cheap as getting just an LCD from eBay, but it is
> complete with connectors, mounting hardware, etc., and, of course, you
> can put it right on the Dragon Rider.  If your budget is really tight,
> this won't be for you, but here's a link anyway:
> 
> http://www.ecrostech.com/AtmelAvr/DragonRider/
> 
> The links in the side-bar on the left will take you to the Add-On
> Parts Kits, including the LCD.

If your time is worth $1/hour you'll come out ahead buying Graham's
kits.

If you have all the time in the world and no deadline then by all means
hunt down the parts individually from multiple sources. Its a good
learning experience, something you'll need in the future if you continue
in this field. But its not something you should have to do for your
first project.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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