[aprssig] K107 Serial LCD Controller - Now Shipping

[Brian Riley]

It is a 'backpack" to an LCD display. It take 9600 baud serial to a  
PIC chip on the board and displays it on the LCD. Normally you have  
to use up 6 i/o lines to write to an LCD display. This handles all  
that on board needing only a single i/o line, +5 volts, and GND for  
input. The tiny board attaches to the back of the display by its pins  
and is light enough that it needs nothing more than that. You connect  
it to whatever device needs to display data by a lightweight 3 wire  
cable. The input can be TTL level (connects directly to a basic stamp  
or PIC) or it can be connected to an RS232 port (change a jumper and  
bring a transistor level shifter/INVerter into play). It is superior  
to its competitors because it can handle a number of different LCD  
display physical connectors as well as the controller chip allows 7  
different display geometries (2x16, 2x20, 2x24, 2x40, 4x16, 4x20) as  
well as software control of backlight intensity.

What an experimenter can do with it is have an LCD display on any  
project and only have it 'cost' him one i/o line ... and i actual  
dollars t he k107 while doing as much or more than its competitor is  
cheaper than all its competitors and the only one be offered as a  
bare board  in addition to several different levels of kits.

I really felt my web page was clear on that and it is, to diehard  
micro-tinkers, but after your response I need to address other levels  
of interest as well, thanks.



cheers ... 73 de brian  riley,  n1bq , underhill center, vermont
  <http://www.wulfden.org/DiskShop.shtml>
    Home of the
       K107 LCD Controller Kit
       FT817 Power Conditioner Kit
       Tab Robot Laser Tag Kit


On May 16, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:

> Brian,
> I looked at the site below and have no clue what this
> thing is.  What does it do?  How about one or two sentences
> or a paragraph describing what an experimenter can do
> with it?
>
> I "gather" that it is a display kit of some kind.  But what does
> it display?
>
> thanks
> bob
>
>>>> brianbr at mac.com 05/16/06 2:46 PM >>>
> I want to thank the APR SIG listers who stopped by and ordered my
> K107 LCD Serial Controller boards.
>
> The boards arrived this morning from the fabricators and I verified
> them. I shipped bunch or orders this afternoon and will get the rest
> of the back orders out tomorrow.
>
>   I am now shipping from stock. We have a reputation for shipping
> within one business day here and that will continue.
>
>   The website with more info and ordering is;
>
>       <http://www.wulfden.org/k107/>
>
> ---
> cheers ... 73 de brian  riley,  n1bq , underhill center, vermont
>   <http://www.wulfden.org/DiskShop.shtml>
>     Home of the
>        K107 LCD Controller Kit
>        FT817 Power Conditioner Kit
>        Tab Robot Laser Tag Kit
>
>
>
>
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