Andrés Briano
Member
Hi forum,
I am new to Picaxe (if only you had a penny for everytime you´ve heard that, right?) and I am looking into interphasing a LCD module (Winstar WH1602A datasheet and application notes) to a project I am working on. I have several different picaxes ranging from 08M to 40x1 and can use any for this particular project.
Let me clarify out of respect to you: before posting I´ve read the manual section 3 and searched the forums and despite the huge amount of hits, I haven´t found a basic enough answer.
My (first) question is, which of the three types of conection described in the manual fits me best?
1) Serial LCD firmware chip
2) Serial LCD module with onboard firmware chip
3) Direct connection
If I understand this correctly, this LCD module I´ve got is a parallel one and I need an IC to translate the serial output of the Picaxe for a parallel port. So presumably I need an IC that has 1 input and 16 outputs (one for each of the connections on the module)? I also assume that that IC is the FRM010 that I saw in one post.
Can someone please help me with these first steps? Thanks.
Andrés
I am new to Picaxe (if only you had a penny for everytime you´ve heard that, right?) and I am looking into interphasing a LCD module (Winstar WH1602A datasheet and application notes) to a project I am working on. I have several different picaxes ranging from 08M to 40x1 and can use any for this particular project.
Let me clarify out of respect to you: before posting I´ve read the manual section 3 and searched the forums and despite the huge amount of hits, I haven´t found a basic enough answer.
My (first) question is, which of the three types of conection described in the manual fits me best?
1) Serial LCD firmware chip
2) Serial LCD module with onboard firmware chip
3) Direct connection
If I understand this correctly, this LCD module I´ve got is a parallel one and I need an IC to translate the serial output of the Picaxe for a parallel port. So presumably I need an IC that has 1 input and 16 outputs (one for each of the connections on the module)? I also assume that that IC is the FRM010 that I saw in one post.
Can someone please help me with these first steps? Thanks.
Andrés