Hi Patrick,
I didn't really explain much about the LCD+Driver...
Basically its a parallel port display that uses the generic Hitachi
HD44780
chipset. What the driver for linux does is provide a /dev/lcd
that you can address the same as you would /dev/cuaaX for a serial
matrix orbital display.
The reason I am using the parallel port LCD, is that it cost $80,
as opposed to $400+ for the matrix orbital serial display (I am in
Australia).
Shaun
"Patrick S. Gardella" wrote:
>
> Shaun,
>
> I looked at the Cajun pages. Very nice little box!
>
> As far as the LCD, you don't need a "driver" for it, since it uses either a
> serial port interface or and i2c interface. For the serial port, you can use
> whatever language you want to connect to it and talk to it. (Assuming you are
> referring to the Matrix Orbital LCDs mentioned on that page.)
>
> Patrick
>
> On 26-Apr-01 Shaun Dwyer wrote:
> > Hi everyone..
> >
> > I have a PC in the boot of my car running Linux (yuck!!!!) to play mp3s.
> > I would love to use FreeBSD instead of Linux for many reasons.
> > The only thing stopping me using FreeBSD is the lack of a driver in the
> > style
> > implemented for Linux (provides a /dev/lcd that u just throw data at).
> >
> > The reason I need this driver to be ported is so I can use Cajun
> > (cajun.sourceforge.net)
> > with little or no modifications on FreeBSD.
> >
> > If I knew C, i would port the driver myself, and If i knew perl, I would
> > mod
> > cajun to use /usr/share/examples/ppi/ppilcd.c's stuff.
> >
> > The linux driver is available at:
> > http://www4.infi.net/~cpinkham/cajun/code/lcd-0.2c.tar.gz
> >
> > If you want to see some photos and a bit of a description of my mp3
> > player, goto
> > http://members.nbci.com/mp3zeus/
> >
> > BTW, please email me directly, as I am not subscribed to the mailing
> > list.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Shaun
> >
> >
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