[minima] Re: Saving arduino lines
- From: hcker2000 <hcker2000@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:04:19 -0500
I am new but the I2C lcd seems like a great option to free up some lines.
The other option might be a shift register.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:59 PM, <farhanbox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sunil,
>
> The I2C boards are not uniformly available everywhere. The only boards
> available are the 16x2 lcd boards, they have a consistent interface and a
> stable arduni library
> - f
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> *From: * Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil <vu2swx@xxxxxxxxx>
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> *Date: *Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:23:24 +0530
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> *ReplyTo: * minima@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject: *[minima] Saving arduino lines
>
> Dear Farhan,
>
> The present design of digital board uses 6 Arduino lines for LCD
> alone.
> Why don't we use an I2c LCD instead. They are very cheap and the code
> needs only two line change. I2C lines can be shared with Si570. In effect
> we will save 6 lines. That will be enough for all future expansions.
>
> I am presently using this i2c adapter for all my arduino projects.
>
> http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-New-5V-IIC-I2C-Serial-Interface-Board-Module-For-Arduino-1602-LCD-Display/1080407434.html
>
> I got PCB from Sandeep today. I will start building over next
> weekend. and will post the progress.
>
> Sunil ,VU2SWX
> PhD Scholar
> Vision and Image processing Lab
> Dept. of Electrical Engg
> IIT BOMBAY,India
>
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