Getting Started with the Parallax Serial LCD
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Especially if you've been following along with the Stamps in Class texts, you're probably familiar with what a valuable tool the Debug Terminal can be.· It makes it possible to display messages and variable values, which in turn makes it possible to figure out what's going on with your program, test circuits and sensors.· Think about how many times it wasn't convenient to be connected to the computer to test a sensor, or find out what the Boe-Bot was seeing with its infrared sensors in another room.· This is one situation that a serial liquid crystal display (LCD) like the one in Figure 1 can remedy.
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The items shown in Figure 2 all have liquid crystal displays.· They are easy to read, and the smaller ones consume very little power.· Think about how many products you own with liquid crystal displays.· Think also as you go through these activities about the various BASIC Stamp projects, prototypes and inventions you've got in the works, and how a serial LCD might help them to completion.
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The activities in this chapter introduce how to use the Parallax Serial LCD with the BASIC Stamp 2.· LCD basics will include displaying text, numbers, placing and animating characters, and creating and animating custom characters.·
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The draft material in this Topic·is part of a forthcoming Stamps in Class text by Andy Lindsay.
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(c) 2005·by Parallax Inc - all rights reserved.··
Post Edited By Moderator (Jessica Uelmen (Parallax)) : 8/25/2010 5:48:06 PM GMT
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Especially if you've been following along with the Stamps in Class texts, you're probably familiar with what a valuable tool the Debug Terminal can be.· It makes it possible to display messages and variable values, which in turn makes it possible to figure out what's going on with your program, test circuits and sensors.· Think about how many times it wasn't convenient to be connected to the computer to test a sensor, or find out what the Boe-Bot was seeing with its infrared sensors in another room.· This is one situation that a serial liquid crystal display (LCD) like the one in Figure 1 can remedy.
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The items shown in Figure 2 all have liquid crystal displays.· They are easy to read, and the smaller ones consume very little power.· Think about how many products you own with liquid crystal displays.· Think also as you go through these activities about the various BASIC Stamp projects, prototypes and inventions you've got in the works, and how a serial LCD might help them to completion.
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The activities in this chapter introduce how to use the Parallax Serial LCD with the BASIC Stamp 2.· LCD basics will include displaying text, numbers, placing and animating characters, and creating and animating custom characters.·
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The draft material in this Topic·is part of a forthcoming Stamps in Class text by Andy Lindsay.
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(c) 2005·by Parallax Inc - all rights reserved.··
Post Edited By Moderator (Jessica Uelmen (Parallax)) : 8/25/2010 5:48:06 PM GMT