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I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else buys their LCDs?

At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).

Any suggestions are welcome...


Thanks.


Frank P.

I usually pick them up on eBay. There are some really good deals now and
then.

Zack


On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Frank P <qz9090@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else
> buys their LCDs?
>
> At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have
> something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).
>
> Any suggestions are welcome...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Frank P.
>
>  
>


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Frank,
We buy almost all of ours from www.crystalfontz.com
Do you need a prototype board to go with it?

Tim Gilbert
JEM Innovation Inc.
303-926-9053 (office)
303-437-4342 (cell)
720-890-8582 (fax)
www.jeminnovation.com
www.pdksolutions.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Frank P 
  To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:46 AM
  Subject: [AVR-Chat] LCD Purchase - where?


    
  I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else buys their LCDs?

  At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).

  Any suggestions are welcome...

  Thanks.

  Frank P.



  

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--- 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.

Graham.

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
========================================================================
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

I used to use a variety of products from CyrstalFontz, and been very satisfied.

That said, for the past few years I've been using displays from 4DSystems...extremely nice displays for the $

http://www.4dsystems.com.au/

Their Goldelox and Picaso based OLEDs are particularly useful (and beautiful), as the displays themselves are programmable, have storage and i/o, etc. etc.

Did I mention, cheap?

-Terrance

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P" <qz9090@...> wrote:

>
> I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else buys their LCDs?
> 
> At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome...
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Frank P.
>

Terrance,
The Goldelox and Picaso seem very interesting but when I tried to contact 4Dsystems via email, I kept getting an error. I am located in the US and am concerned about shipping charges.

Frank P.

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Terrance" <evilterrance@...> wrote:

>
> I used to use a variety of products from CyrstalFontz, and been very satisfied.
> 
> That said, for the past few years I've been using displays from 4DSystems...extremely nice displays for the $
> 
> http://www.4dsystems.com.au/
> 
> Their Goldelox and Picaso based OLEDs are particularly useful (and beautiful), as the displays themselves are programmable, have storage and i/o, etc. etc.
> 
> Did I mention, cheap?
> 
> -Terrance
> 
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P" <qz9090@> wrote:
> >
> > I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else buys their LCDs?
> > 
> > At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).
> > 
> > Any suggestions are welcome...
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > Frank P.
> >
>

Zack,
I have seen many LCDs sourced out of HK or China and was concerned about quality and customer service. I was hoping to get a few recommended vendors that would be both economical and provide good customer service.

Since this is my first attempt to put my ATTiny to use, I'll probably need some good examples, etc.

Thanks for you input.

Frank P.

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@...> wrote:

>
> I usually pick them up on eBay. There are some really good deals now and
> then.
> 
> Zack
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Frank P <qz9090@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else
> > buys their LCDs?
> >
> > At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have
> > something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).
> >
> > Any suggestions are welcome...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Frank P.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 08:05:16PM -0000, Frank P wrote:
> Zack,
> I have seen many LCDs sourced out of HK or China and was concerned
> about quality and customer service. I was hoping to get a few
> recommended vendors that would be both economical and provide good
> customer service.
> 
> Since this is my first attempt to put my ATTiny to use, I'll probably
> need some good examples, etc.

You are using a generic text LCD with built-in Hitachi-compatible
controller? Then use any darn thing for prototyping. Sweat the quality
and size near the end of the project.

Years ago when salesmen actually came to pay sales calls I put out a
call for 2x20 text LCDs with LED backlight. Got about 12 free samples,
about half were accompanied by a salesman. Already had my hardware
running. Rigged three different cables based on the pinouts I had seen.
Salesman would hand me a sample never expecting it to actually be used,
but 60 seconds later I had it running. Many had not seen their own
product running because quite frankly their company represented darn
near any electronic component they could sign up.

Putting two units side by side there were significant differences in
appearance. I found no relationship between price and appearance other
than the best looking was nearly the least expensive. Having seen their
product next to others many knew not to bother with a followup hoping
for a P.O.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
========================================================================
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

Frank,

For low volume, check out SparkFun http://www.sparkfun.com/ . They have 
a variety of two and four line text units as well as some fancy graphics 
stuff. Some of the text units are also available with built-in serial to 
parallel converters which can tie directly to a UART tx pin.

Frank P wrote:

> I have been looking at LCD displays and was wondering where everyone else buys their LCDs?
>
> At this point, I am just starting with AVRs so I would like to have something that gives me some output (maybe 16 X 2).
>
> Any suggestions are welcome...
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Frank P.
>

Frank,

I am also in the US.  I buy their products from Parallax.com so shipping isn't a problem (they are a US distributor).

When going to the 4dsystems website, don't forget to include the ".au" or you wont get what you need.

Hope that helps...

-Terrance

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Frank P" <qz9090@...> wrote:

>
> Terrance,
> The Goldelox and Picaso seem very interesting but when I tried to contact 4Dsystems via email, I kept getting an error. I am located in the US and am concerned about shipping charges.
> 
> Frank P.
> 
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Terrance" <evilterrance@> wrote:
> >
> > I used to use a variety of products from CyrstalFontz, and been very satisfied.
> > 
> > That said, for the past few years I've been using displays from 4DSystems...extremely nice displays for the $
> > 
> > http://www.4dsystems.com.au/
> > 
> > Their Goldelox and Picaso based OLEDs are particularly useful (and beautiful), as the displays themselves are programmable, have storage and i/o, etc. etc.
> > 
> > Did I mention, cheap?
> > 
> > -Terrance