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an artist with a question about lcds and photocells

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-10-07 18:02 in General Discussion
i'm an artist and i'm relatively new to the basic
stamp. so my technical knowledge is minimal, but i am
interested in using the stamp to control some
sculptures i am making. my question is: is it possible
to display the readings from a photocell on an lcd
screen. i written the programs to control each
individually, but i do not know how to get the info to
the lcd. i am using a bpi-216 serial lcd and a cadmium
photocell.

i appreciate any help you can give me.
jared

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-10-07 01:03
    The nice thing about using serial LCDs is that you can use SEROUT/DEBUG
    type formatting modifiers. Assuming you have your photocell value, you
    can send it to the SEETRON display like this:

    SEROUT LcdPin, $4054, [noparse][[/noparse]254, 1]
    PAUSE 1
    SEROUT LcdPin, $4054, [noparse][[/noparse]DEC photocell]

    The first SEROUT clears the LCD, the second sends the value in decimal
    format. The PAUSE is required by the -216 at 9600 baud.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office



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    i'm an artist and i'm relatively new to the basic
    stamp. so my technical knowledge is minimal, but i am interested in
    using the stamp to control some sculptures i am making. my question is:
    is it possible to display the readings from a photocell on an lcd
    screen. i written the programs to control each individually, but i do
    not know how to get the info to the lcd. i am using a bpi-216 serial lcd
    and a cadmium photocell.

    i appreciate any help you can give me.
    jared

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-10-07 03:23
    Hi Jared:

    If you are open to an analog color PC interface you may wish to have a
    look here:
    www.rhombus-tek.com/microgui.html
    if not for the current project, it may help in the future.

    David Lawrence
    david@r...

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    > i'm an artist and i'm relatively new to the basic
    > stamp. so my technical knowledge is minimal, but i am
    > interested in using the stamp to control some
    > sculptures i am making. my question is: is it possible
    > to display the readings from a photocell on an lcd
    > screen. i written the programs to control each
    > individually, but i do not know how to get the info to
    > the lcd. i am using a bpi-216 serial lcd and a cadmium
    > photocell.
    >
    > i appreciate any help you can give me.
    > jared
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-10-07 18:02
    hey david,
    thanks for the info, i'll check out the website.
    jared


    --- David Lawrence <david@r...> wrote:
    > Hi Jared:
    >
    > If you are open to an analog color PC interface you
    > may wish to have a
    > look here:
    > www.rhombus-tek.com/microgui.html
    > if not for the current project, it may help in the
    > future.
    >
    > David Lawrence
    > david@r...
    >
    >
    Original Message
    > From: Jared Steffensen <jsteff74@y...>
    > To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:00 PM
    > Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] an artist with a question
    > about lcds and
    > photocells
    >
    >
    > > i'm an artist and i'm relatively new to the basic
    > > stamp. so my technical knowledge is minimal, but i
    > am
    > > interested in using the stamp to control some
    > > sculptures i am making. my question is: is it
    > possible
    > > to display the readings from a photocell on an lcd
    > > screen. i written the programs to control each
    > > individually, but i do not know how to get the
    > info to
    > > the lcd. i am using a bpi-216 serial lcd and a
    > cadmium
    > > photocell.
    > >
    > > i appreciate any help you can give me.
    > > jared
    > >
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