LCD 2x16 or 4x16 ??

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Hi there!

For the first message I´m posting here just one remark:

DAMN IT!!! Thorsten, you made some DAMN good thing here! One of the *BEST* DIY Pages, which can be found on the Net!  :o :o

OK: Whats the point on 4x16 LCD-Displays? If I use one, are the bottom 2 lines clear or are they used (by the normal programm)?

If used: How?  ;)

If not used: Where can I find the firmware (the original, not the .hex file) to programm it myself?

Didn´t find anything ´bout this on the page.

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DAMN IT!!! Thorsten, you made some DAMN good thing here! One of the *BEST* DIY Pages, which can be found on the Net!  :o :o

Join the club man!!! Couldn’t agree more!

:slight_smile:

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Hi pay_c,

Whats the point on 4x16 LCD-Displays?

…the MidiBox64 supports 4x16 LCD’s by the firmware ver. 1.0x (for the PIC16F877) - you just have to configure the MB64 via vMIDIBox64 (vMIDIBox64 is an editor/simulator for the MIDIBox64).

http://users.pandora.be/sdrsite/sites/serge/vmidibox/

…so you have direct information about the bankstick name and the MidiTimeClock (MTC).

…and there is TK’s MIOS (MidiOS):

with MIOS everthing will be changed. All routines which are necessary to handle with the MBHP modules (pots, faders, motorfaders, rotary encoders, buttons, LEDs, LED rings, LED digits, LCDs , BankStick) are already available and accessible by a simple software interface. Therefore it will be possible for the users to add their own extensions to the application source code in order to customize the box. (TK)

…but I have no experience with MIOS (jet ;D).

greetings

  • lemonhorse
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Hey Thnx folks!

something interesting about LCDs can be found here:

http://www.moddingfaq.de/index.php?artid=600

Inverted LCDs, blue ones, red ones whatever. Only bad thing: Its only in german.

I will do that (guess blue or red… :slight_smile: )