HI! i'm about to implement a new noritake 112*16 7000 series FVD into my project but can't really find any way for it to print out temperatures rpms etc realtime. i thought of lcdc since i know there are noritake vfd plugins for it but not for this one so any help considering making a plugin for it or even maybe a separate prog would be deeply appreciated. I have all the DEV software for it and i also have the tech sheets for reference. If anyone could help please do so.
Do you already have that Noritake -7000 display? AFAIK i know no LCD app supports that series. So you might want to try their forums for support. If you haven't purchased the 7000 yet; PM or mail me, I may have some other Noritake VFD's that you can use.
prob is that it's actually the only vfd that will fit in where i want it others are either way too small or way too large
take the plunge do it yourself. Controlling an LCD is childsplay, they are desgined to be as simple as possible, a little bit of basic + common sense and your sorted.
yea well prob is i didn't do any basic for bout 6 yrs now and even then i didn't know how to control ports and stuff. an if i wrote a prog then i'd also need to make it capable of reading out system temps and things to which i also have not a single clue how to do... oh yea and it's not an lcd but a vfd (i miswrote it in the first post )
Is the VFD compatible with RS-232? If it is, just connect it to your RS-232 port (use level converters if needed) and try manually typing in commands with a terminal emulator (you need to set the baud rate right for it to work). If not, use a PIC to convert the RS-232 signals to a format the VFD understands. In either case, you will need to write a program to control the VFD, and I suggest C++ or Perl. BTW, the device file for COM1 is /dev/cua0. EDIT: It is /dev/ttyS0 on Mandrake 9.2. Better check what it is for your distribution before you start writing the program (or you may end up wasting hours trying to find out why the program doesn't work!).
It is rs232 compatible i know how to drive it thru hyperterminal in windows but i have no idea how to solve the temperature readouts i don't know much about programming besides a little basic and very limited pascal
If you already know how to control the display and can tell exactly what needs to be written to the port then making LCDInfo driver might be possible. Usually I only make drivers for displays that I can test myself but if you can tell exactly what commands are needed then I guess we could try...
i'd thank you for it i'll pm or email you some details when i get up in the morning (i'm too tired to sit even currently) thaks a lot
Ok got the datasheet for the display now. But what I mainly meant was that as you said that you already know how to drive the display and have done that yourself you could post here the exact commands so that I, being as lazy as I am, wouldn't need to look them from the datasheet but rather just copy them to the code. Info needed: -Baud rate, serial port settings -Any initialization commands for the display needed ? -Command to clear text from the display -Command to set cursor -Command to write text Then for graphics: -Command to clear graphics -Command to set address pointer -Command to send data -Anything else that might be needed
ok i'll put that up in a post here but i'm currently @ work with my dremel so it'll have to wait alittle
Ok i got a sheet with the commands listed (nothing else just the commends so no need to search thru the datasheet) right here. serial port settings: 38400,n,8 anything else? btw i didn't really try giving it the commands i just read in the manual how to do it cos the vfd itself will arrive this week or the beginning of the next. (friggin slow post service)
That link doesn't seem to work ? But it should not be that big problem as everything is still in the full datasheet and in the end full info is probably the best. I just got the impression that you had already done all the work yourself. I'll look into this some day.
http://www.cloudsprinter.com/pinball/list7000.PDF here's the correct link sorry bout thet and the vfd will arrive tomorrow if not then "some heads are gonna roooolll"
Well not much has really happened to this at least that I'd know of. But I was just reading in other thread that you have some c++ library for the display done ? In that case it should be easy to make a LCDInfo driver from it. If you're interested you could email me for further details about making a display driver for LCDInfo.
