Post by thread:1 x 8 LCD display

I am working on a PIC project where I need a small LCD display. I have found ( and seen ) 2 x 16 LCD displays, but have not been able to find a 1 x 8 display. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Small size is important. Ross Lyle Camosun College Victoria, B.C. Canada

Ross Lyle wrote: > >I am working on a PIC project where I need a small LCD display. I have found >( and seen ) 2 x 16 LCD displays, but have not been able to find a 1 x 8 >display. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Small size is important. Timeline Electronics in Los Angeles (phone 310-784-5488, fax 310-784-7590) seems to be the most popular source for hobbyists to get LCD displays cheap. I haven't dealt with them, myself, but I've heard nothing but positive comments from people who have. Other surplus dealers sometimes have a few LCD modules, but Timeline makes something of a specialty of them, and advertises many. Their latest ad mentions 16x1s and 4x2s for under $10, but no 8x1s. Another possibility (but more expensive) is one of those "LCD switches", which has a small 24x36-dot LCD display built into a switch pushbutton that's about an inch square. Digi-Key has them for about $50, and there's another catch: I'm pretty sure there's no character generation, so you'd have to draw all the dots yourself. You should verify this, though, because I haven't see a full d ata sheet. Ran

LYLE@CAMOSUN.BC.CA (Ross Lyle) wroteth: >I am working on a PIC project where I need a small LCD display. I have found >( and seen ) 2 x 16 LCD displays, but have not been able to find a 1 x 8 >display. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Small size is important. I assume you mean Alpha numeric displays with built in control electronics, using a 14 pin interface. 1 x 16 is the smallest I've ever seen of these displays. For small size (at higher power), you could use LED starburst displays (Litronics 1414, etc). Two of then would give you eight characters. The will of course consume much more power than an LCD. These displays include their own control electronics and appear to the computer as 4 byte Write Only Memory.

>spam_OUTLYLETakeThisOuTCAMOSUN.BC.CA (Ross Lyle) wroteth: > >>I am working on a PIC project where I need a small LCD display. I have >found >>( and seen ) 2 x 16 LCD displays, but have not been able to find a 1 x 8 >>display. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Small size is >important. > >I assume you mean Alpha numeric displays with built in control electronics, >using a 14 pin interface. > >1 x 16 is the smallest I've ever seen of these displays. ... Hitachi make a range of LCD Panels from 8 x 1 up to 40 x 2 (their Chars x Lines ordering !) The LM054 is an 8 x 1 Gray display, external dimensions 84 x 44 x 12mm. Includes built-in HD44780 LSI controller & driver. This info is straight out of their March 1994 Liquid Crystal Character display modules catalogue, which Hitachi UK were kind enough to send me. -- Ian Harries | Email: .....ihKILLspam@spam@doc.ic.ac.uk Department of Computing | Tel: +44 171 59 48393 (Direct Dial) Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate | Fax: +44 171 594 8389 London SW7 2BZ, UK | URL: http://web.doc.ic.ac.uk/f?/ih

Ross & all, I tried to order the Hitachi 8x1, with no success. Seems everyone has them list ed, but Hitachi is waiting for a large order. I finally found a distributer here in Bou lder, CO (not Hatachi) that has 8x1 and 8x2 displays with full drive circuit. Standard H itachi 4 bit or 8 bit interface. Display is small enough to mount in a standard wall swi tch plate (approximately 2.5 inches). I need to look up info if interested, so please let me know. If I remember correctly they were $12-14.00 each. Steve Dept of Comm. 303-497-3411 ----------{Original Message removed}