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Hahahah yeh what MTE said :)

Yes. You'll need extra hardware too of course, which is where the driver comes in. Somehow you have to tell the extra hardware how to turn 8 lines into 16x5x7 - and naturally there will likely be performance considerations. How good are you? ;D Pretty sure there are. Yep. You might like to check out the existing LCD drivers and other drivers like the AOUT and DOUT for inspiration :)

Lookin good, rock on neb'!

As for the compile error... main.c:103: error 65: function 'Init' already has body That's your problem. Take a look at line 103. It's your code: void Init( ) { TRISA &= ~( ( 1 << BIT_CLOCK ) | ( 1 << BIT_LATCH ) | ( 1 << BIT_DATA ) ); } Now look at line 35: void Init(void) __wparam { } Uh oh. Now you *could* just rename your function to like... myinit() or something... but... All that bitbanging, you don't need it. It's in MIOS already. Scope out the LOAD SR stuff in the function reference :) Edit: Beaten. Hi AC :D

Theoretically any baud rate will do, but it's all about the driver on the COM port being able to make sense of it... They all seem to use 38400 (for obvious reasons) so that's the way. As for the best way to do a merge... heck who am I to suggest anything but TK's way. Check the MIOS source, but check the license too ;)

No, jimp is lightning man. Type query in box and hit Search button = search this subforum Click the magnifying glass on the left = Go to the advanced search page I'm sure someone was meant to be documenting that with pics and such. Oh wait. That was me. Never mind :-[ (seriously, I haven't forgotten, just been elsewhere. It won't be long. Sorry everyone)

I'd take at least 10 with connectors.

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9889.0 http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9211.0 ?

Hehehe I saw the pics before the text and knew it was you right away when I saw the recycling in action ;) Hope it helps, the printer techs at work call them 'pickup wheels' :) You may find more of other sizes inside the printer, certainly if it has a duplexer.

You might want to sit down when you ask for pricing Sasha ;D

Here ya go Wilba, now you can keep posting :) tilt: I'm on a 1MB uplink so it's actually not too bad :)

LOL yehhhh that'll do it! I'm sure we could whip up an ASM optimised version, but it doesn't sound like it'll do the trick for JP anyway... Would be interesting to see if invisible spectra work out too... </hijack> :-X :-X

You mean, you forgot when taking the photos, that you deliberately left it on, for protection...right... ? *whack*

:o A knitting-needle hard-disc robot-drummer. It's an abomination against Nature. I love it. ;D

That's whacktastic Wilba, here's to 1000 more! Rock on bro!

Yes I'm doing so right now, but that's not quite what I meant ;) The idea here was to either: make it work without the PC or Use a midibox to generate fake wii input to the PC or Wii Waaaah I wanna maaaac! I feared as much :-\ Thanks AC! :D

Those things are all partially true... Regarding the inability to use them in bright lighting, I wondered if anyone had tried this with UV or IR leds... this would also allow you to embed a second array with visible light. I think the limitation may be resolution or something like it (larger led arrays?)... But yeh the homework i referred to, was that there was a specific technical limitation (not a practical limitation like the ones you mentioned) that the guys who developed the led sensors encountered, which meant the controller needed more power or ram or something.. I dunno, that's why I need you to do the homework ;)

I wasn't sure whether this should go in Design Concepts or Miscellaneous... I won't use this information, but if someone else does, then this in in the right place ;) Anyway! I discovered that Wii Nunchuk controllers communicate with the wiimote over IIC. This opens possibilities to automate input to the wii/PC by making a 'midibox in nunchuk clothing' or to use the nunchuk as input for your midibox.... Random miscellaneous babble or random design concept, you choose :D

Maybe you guys can explain to us all what the technical limitation was, with the LED array sensors (as per the youtube video above) ... I remember there was one... and I remember thinking they must not be doing it the most optimal way ;) But I can't remember what the problem was exactly... Anyway I couldn't help but wonder if it would be possible to make something like the 16F88 do that, and send the results by IIC.... I thought about it before but just don't have the time to develop it all by myself. Edit: polo what you're talking about is visual feedback for every segment of the entire matrix, which is a different thing again... Anyway if you feel like doing my homework for me on the LED sensors...

Yeh I was thinking about the spectra touchpads with LED bars would be the cheap and easy way... x ,----------, x | | x | | x | | x | | x '-----------' x x x x x x x x

This may sound weird but that really reminds me of skateboard deck bolts....

That's an intentional misspelling, to indicate colloquial utilisation, thereby allowing looser adherence to the strict definition :) For further reference see Vietnam War (yep that's where the Yanks bastardised the French origins) films, or KRS-ONE (and other hiphop references) ;) Merci! OMG this is way offtopic! Phil: Spend a few months doing some reading and learning and experimenting, and the answers will become clearer ;) No offense, but it seems like you're in a bit over your head...

We like long answers around here! ;D For further reference search for Friggen Big Ass Post or FBAP ;)

I hope they don't have a timeframe!

This is a good opportunity to mention a small gripe I have..... This is not just for you Jonny, this is for everyone: X1, C5, C6, IC3, etc etc etc - If you've got all the part listings for all the schematics memorised, then I congratulate you! I, however, do not. These letters and numbers mean very very little to me, and I lack the time to look them up. That's why I have not answered this post, or any others that asked the question in this cryptic manner ;) Regardless, in this case at least, I think that the question will already have been answered - if the optimised PSU schematic has (for example) a 2200 cap, and says to take the cap off the core, then it's obvious that you can reuse it. If not, don't :)