Jidis Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 Am I correct in assuming that the old 16f firmware doesn't support the long (2x40,etc.) displays? I wired one up and get just the left side. I read on the LCD info page about the 2x20 and blank extra characters. Does this mean it's 2x16 only?-Thanks! Quote
TK. Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 Hi,yes, there wasn't that much memory in the small PIC16F877 to support larger displays...Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote
Jidis Posted June 20, 2005 Author Report Posted June 20, 2005 Thanks as usual Thorsten :)I think I'm going to break down and make the changes tonight for the 18f (I'm running a Greg board). The layout and functions probably would have been simple enough to run a 2x16, but I may want to use the box for other stuff later. MIOS is still a bit overwhelming to me right now and I was hoping to keep everything as simple as I could. I hope someday there will be a printable PDF manual or something. There's a lot to be read here.(to anybody) How much do I need to do to the Greg board, other than the crystal, to bring it up to date? I thought someone else here was doing that recently.                            -Take CareGeorgeBTW- TK, if you read this, I got that program done a few weeks ago to snag the JLCooper record light messages with a 16f84. I ended up having to replace and rewrite most of the receive code, but I learned a lot. I did have a couple questions afterward. I'll try to go over my notes and ask them here if you don't mind.    - Thanks Again! Quote
TK. Posted June 21, 2005 Report Posted June 21, 2005 Hi George,BTW- TK, if you read this, I got that program done a few weeks ago to snag the JLCooper record light messages with a 16f84. I ended up having to replace and rewrite most of the receive code, but I learned a lot. I did have a couple questions afterward. I'll try to go over my notes and ask them here if you don't mind. - Thanks Again! if you don't expect an quick reply, it's ok :)Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote
Jidis Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Posted June 21, 2005 Never- Slow reply, no reply .... you've already done too much! :-*Someone else here may even respond. It will take me a bit to refresh my memory on what I did anyway. I was so glad to see the thing work that I stuck the protoboard somewhere with a bunch of other junk and moved on to something else.           -George Quote
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