Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

That would be a really neat project, though maybe not a very simple one.

I've done some experimenting lately with Arduino [1] boards and  
they're really neat, and very easy to use.
For about GBP 20 / USD 30 you get a complete development / prototyping  
board with usb connector, and an open-source programming environment.  
There are also various LCD plug-on modules available [2], and basic  
MIDI in/out processing is a doodle.

The question is how the device would know what to display on the screen.
Did you envisage a completely self-sufficient unit that somehow plugs  
into, or is hacked into, the BCF?
Or would it be driven by software on the host computer?

How much information needs to be displayed on the screen at once?
I've just tried to google Husker VU but can't find any real info.
If it is similar to LC Xmu then the screen would have to be quite  
large. Then something like this solution [3] could not be used.

Anyhow, exciting idea, I would love to see someone do something with it.

cheers,

/m

[1] http://arduino.cc/
[2] http://www.google.com/search?&q=arduino%20lcd%20shield
[3] http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1206025987


On 10 Jan 2009, at 17:27, ivaasura wrote:

> Hi together,
>
> I am asking myself, if it would be possible (Of course for a
> reasonable amount of money and work!), to build a hardware LED display
> for the BCF2000, to use it instead of Husker Vu etc.
>
> I am neither a soldering hero, nor an electronic expert, so I would
> like to know, if somebody here has experience with it.
>
> cu
>
> Iva Asura
>