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Day: December 28, 2006

The Simpler USB2LCD

December 28, 2006 by Will O'Brien 11 Comments

USB LCD interfaces aren’t new around here. [John] sent this latest one. It uses a single ATMega chip and a few cheap components to implement the whole thing. The venerable HD44780 compatible is the text LCD of choice.

I’m on vacation at the moment, but I’ll start putting up some Hack-A-Day design challenge entries pretty soon.

Posted in computer hacks, Misc Hacks, Peripherals Hacks

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