I saw a very cool art piece that had a micro LCD display (about an inch wide) that I presume was being driven by an Arduino or something similar. I did some looking around, but was unable to find a good starting point for a fun little project (i.e. hacking with LCDs for dummies that might include code and suggestions of hardware). Anyone out there have any advice or useful links?
Hacking with Micro LCDs
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John Fink
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It probably was an Arduino -- they're quite common in projects of that nature, assuming it was a simple LCD (like straight text or the like) and not, say, a computer monitor. There are lots of references to Arduinos driving LCDs on the web ( http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/LCD) but I don't know how many of them are geared to the beginning Arduino hacker.
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Hey, Stéfan -- I've never tried anything with liquid crystal displays, but I always really appreciate Lady Ada's Arduino tutorials (she of AdaFruit). There are three related to hacking around with LCDs, including one on the kind that support graphics as well as text.
In general, I think Make's little "Getting Started with Arduino" is worth reading if you're really just getting started, from which Tom Igoe's Making Things Talk" is then a serious step up (I don't have my copy to hand, so can't check to see if there are any LCD projects in there, but it's a book worth mentioning.)
I'd also try searching Instructables for "Arduino LCD" -- I often poke around there for ideas.
If you make something, I hope you'll post here and share it! I'm still looking for input on this DHanswers thread of mine...
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