Lowest price yet on 2 line LCD

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• kwinn Posts: 8,697

  2010-06-21 13:33 edited 2010-06-21 13:33

  They seem to be a bit confused as to where they ship. Says they ship to "N. and S. America, Europe, Australia" and then excludes most of that. Definitely not an organization I would deal with. It's like a contract that promises the world on the cover page and then takes it all away in page after page of fine print. To their credit, at least the exclusions were in large print and easy to find.
• Martin Hodge Posts: 1,246

  2010-06-21 14:27 edited 2010-06-21 14:27

  "Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!"
  
  "The website at cgi.ebay.com contains elements from the site www.vista24.biz, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer."
  
  Chrome doesn't like it, oddly.
• electrosys Posts: 212

  2010-06-21 16:30 edited 2010-06-21 16:30

  I have purchased the same type 16x2 LCD, HD44780·or equivalent·for ($1+2.49 shipping)·from:
  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320545042259&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
  
  I have got them for a few days ago, and the quality is as good as the other 16x2 LCDs.
  
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• Granz Posts: 179

  2010-06-22 01:35 edited 2010-06-22 01:35

  electrosys said...
  I have purchased the same type 16x2 LCD, HD44780 or equivalent for ($1+2.49 shipping) from:
  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320545042259&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
  
  
  I have got them for a few days ago, and the quality is as good as the other 16x2 LCDs.

  
  Thanks for the link - I just ordered a few myself.
  
  Art
• T Chap Posts: 4,245

  2010-06-22 05:02 edited 2010-06-22 05:02

  How do you drive it? I need a lower cost solution to the 2x16 parallax LCD back lit.
• Dr_Acula Posts: 5,484

  2010-06-22 11:58 edited 2010-06-22 11:58

  I love the hobby of electronics. Everything else in life gets more expensive every year. But this hobby gets cheaper every year!
  
  Re "How do you drive it? I need a lower cost solution to the 2x16 parallax LCD back lit."
  
  All these parallel displays use the same chip and only some slight changes in code between, say, 8x2 and 16x2 and 20x4. I have drivers for the 20x4 display for the propeller, both in spin and pasm if you need this sort of thing. The code was modified from code on the propeller Obex.
  
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• RDL2004 Posts: 2,554

  2010-06-22 18:17 edited 2010-06-22 18:17

  @Todd Chapman
  This question comes up quite frequently [noparse]:)[/noparse] Probably needs to be in a "Sticky" somewhere.
  
  http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=914639
  
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