zid Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Hi there,think this might be interesting for the community...As I missed the LCD bulk order for Wilba's project, I was doing a little 'research' on the web where to get the Crystalfontz LCD for a reasonable price. Think I was successfull... :)Crystalfontz CFAH2004A-TMI-JP (the blue one) for just US$ 9.99 (plus shipping) at www.divineo.com (direct link http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/zz-xb-lcd-b.html). There is no minimum quantity (well, strangely the price per unit goes up the more you order ??? ).Unfortunately they only offer the blue and 'green' LCDs. But I'm just fine with the blue one.So maybe this is an alternative for other 'bulk-order-missers'... ;DI already ordered some. Will give you feedback once they arrive at my place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zid Posted August 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 ahh.. the LCDs arrived today.. just 2 days from US to Germany.. not bad!DSCN0173.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 That's not the same display as the bulk order, but still - good find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opkod Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I ordered 2 for 24€ including shipping costs.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levon Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 sorry, Newb question.. but will these work with any MIOS midibox? or only Wilbas SID?thanks, Levon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 It's a standard character LCD using the HD44780 industrial standard, the default LCD type for MIOS.The only thing worth noting is that white backlight LCDs are edge lit (not a LED array underneath)... they will therefore use less current (maybe only 60mA?) and the brightness control of the Core PCB might not work as expected - you can use a 100ohm resistor in series with +5v/ground to pins 15 and 16 as an alternative, if you are paranoid and worried about burning out the LEDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levon Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 well i have ordered 2 of the blue ones, should take 3-4 weeks to get to australia... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opkod Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 arrived this morning: 8) I only waited 5 days ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levon Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Was alot quicker then the website said, got my screens yesterday :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblinz Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 arrived this morning: 8) I only waited 5 days ;D Did they come packaged in the tins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opkod Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 of course... ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reboot Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 helloi ordered 2 of them and...they're too big!the five buttons are covered with the lcd pcb so we have to cut the pcb to mount the buttonsdoes somebody noticed that? :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugfight Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 ...they're too big!the five buttons are covered with the lcd pcb so we have to cut the pcb to mount the buttonsit's mounted behind the cs pcb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Yes, don't worry, you're supposed to mount the LCD behind the PCB.After you've used the PCB as a guide for mounting the spacers to the panel, you can solder the switches on, but for the switches that overlap the LCD's PCB, you should solder the pads on the top side, and cut the pins on the bottom - so you can mount the LCD close to the PCB. I will explain this more in the construction guide soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganchan Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 sorry, where you find crystalfotnz LCD for that cheap? i need some, if you can direct me i'll buy. thankyou.FCB Electronics Store on ebay..i ask, i answer :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zid Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 sorry, where you find crystalfotnz LCD for that cheap? i need some, if you can direct me i'll buy. thankyou.FCB Electronics Store on ebay..i ask, i answer :Pjust have a look at the link in my first post of this thread...divineo.com still sell these for 9.99 USD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Good price, better than any 20X2 prices I've found. I'm new and just about to order all the stuff to build my first basic midibox sid (and hopefully grow it from there). Will this work ok for that application or do I need to do something special to use the 20X4 format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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