LCD Module

Preliminaries:

The goal here is to use any standard character based LCD module with a Hitachi 44780 or compatible controller along with a PICmicro interface, and create a generic display block for projects. One thing I would like to do is connect a display to my PC so I can use one of the many Winamp plugins to display Artist/Title/track on the LCD module mounted in a 5 1/4 drive bay.

Work:

    Located a surplus 20x4 LCD module salvaged from an old appliance.

    Unable to find a data sheet on the salvaged LCD module.

    Assuming standard 14pin parallel interface, will ignore pin 15.

    Test display on breadboard.

Parts:

    1. Surplus 20x2 LCD module with 44780 Hitachi controller.

    2. 5 1/4" drive bay adaptor

    3. PICmicro (16F84A) controller for PC interface

    4. Software

05/22/05 04:11:00 PM