Hello,
I'm new to the board and have been reading it for more than 5 years. I'm British, retired Hong Kong police and still live in HK. I am aged 61 and may find software writing a challenge. I therefore hope that the experienced members of this very friendly and helpful board can bear with me.
I have built my own renewable energy system which is a mix of sun tracking PV array, wind turbine, system distribution, storage, dump load et al. It is 12 volts, but given the money I would upgrade to 24 or even 48 volts. The more volts you have the easier it is to play with the electricity.
After ransacking my local scrap yard I now have 2 Densitron GLCD's. Densitron LWM240128B-A-DNY. I also have the data sheet which is difficult to find even with Google.
I would like to set up the GLCD's to display Volts and Amps coming from the PV array - that's all - just visual monitoring. I can design PCB's from circuits and am au fait with the care needed for clean PIC power supplies.
To start with I need two forms of help - the first is to ascertain what Picaxe would suit, and secondly can you tell me what info you need from me so that I don't waste your time and mine.
I have searched the board for GLCD's and looked at other projects - some are close,but I cannot find any the same. Please advise if you know of anything very close to what i propose.
If I can get this running it will be worth more than Cleopatra's dowry!
Dave
I'm new to the board and have been reading it for more than 5 years. I'm British, retired Hong Kong police and still live in HK. I am aged 61 and may find software writing a challenge. I therefore hope that the experienced members of this very friendly and helpful board can bear with me.
I have built my own renewable energy system which is a mix of sun tracking PV array, wind turbine, system distribution, storage, dump load et al. It is 12 volts, but given the money I would upgrade to 24 or even 48 volts. The more volts you have the easier it is to play with the electricity.
After ransacking my local scrap yard I now have 2 Densitron GLCD's. Densitron LWM240128B-A-DNY. I also have the data sheet which is difficult to find even with Google.
I would like to set up the GLCD's to display Volts and Amps coming from the PV array - that's all - just visual monitoring. I can design PCB's from circuits and am au fait with the care needed for clean PIC power supplies.
To start with I need two forms of help - the first is to ascertain what Picaxe would suit, and secondly can you tell me what info you need from me so that I don't waste your time and mine.
I have searched the board for GLCD's and looked at other projects - some are close,but I cannot find any the same. Please advise if you know of anything very close to what i propose.
If I can get this running it will be worth more than Cleopatra's dowry!
Dave