Sardith Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 (edited) First off, i'd like to thank the AutoIt community for helping 'me' this far along in my AutoIt coding... The other day I was thinking to my self, it's time to take on a new project. Thusly, I created a list of possible projects and one of the ten made it to the top of the project(s) list. I've done a few searches so far on this site, to see if there were any previous projects like mine, which my returns seemed to point to a no. So I wanted to know, is it possible to write to a standard character LCD in AutoIt...; For lack of a better wording. From there I came up with a list. The budget is something of $100-200 dollars. **1. Is it possible to create a AutoItscript to say write cpu temps from a existing program temp. monitoring program (Motherboard Monitor 5) , or write messages to a LCD. 1. I wanted to know if someone could recomend a standard character LCD 2. A pin-out guide or controller for the LCD to computer (RS-232 Converters?) 3. Guidance with a script or where to get started.. Jeff Edited August 6, 2006 by Sardith [font="Verdana"]Valik:Get it straight - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardith Posted August 6, 2006 Author Share Posted August 6, 2006 Little edit. Im looking at http://www.crystalfontz.com for a LCD.They have a few examples in C++ So Id guess it's very possible to do it in AutoIt.. so I think. (little do I know though)If anyone would like to take a look at the examples, to tell me if it's possible let me know. Jeff [font="Verdana"]Valik:Get it straight - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 (edited) Little edit. Im looking at http://www.crystalfontz.com for a LCD.They have a few examples in C++ So Id guess it's very possible to do it in AutoIt.. so I think. (little do I know though)LCD looks good. Take a look at http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/. It's free and provides a DLL. You can use it with DllCall()....CheersKurt Edited August 6, 2006 by /dev/null __________________________________________________________(l)user: Hey admin slave, how can I recover my deleted files?admin: No problem, there is a nice tool. It's called rm, like recovery method. Make sure to call it with the "recover fast" option like this: rm -rf * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardith Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Thanks alot Kurt. I will be looking into that for sure. At this time im not sure what LCD.. If I want a graphical or what I want to do. What I need to do more research on, is method of connecting to the computer. LPT, USB or the other choices. Crystal Front states that, they don't want you to use a Grapichal LCD with a LPT or USB, for other then debugging the screen/testing. They want a more 'permanent' solution... which they don't care to state what one would, also what comes along with that is, you lose tech-support and their part failure guaranty. So i'll be calling about those questions. Jeff [font="Verdana"]Valik:Get it straight - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blademonkey Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Thanks alot Kurt. I will be looking into that for sure. At this time im not sure what LCD.. If I want a graphical or what I want to do. What I need to do more research on, is method of connecting to the computer. LPT, USB or the other choices. Crystal Front states that, they don't want you to use a Grapichal LCD with a LPT or USB, for other then debugging the screen/testing. They want a more 'permanent' solution... which they don't care to state what one would, also what comes along with that is, you lose tech-support and their part failure guaranty. So i'll be calling about those questions.Jeffwhy not get something like this.http://videoguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv...ry_Code=Gadgets ---"Educate the Mind, Make Savage the Body" -Mao Tse Tung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfwu Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Have a look at this:http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/cspplcds.aspTheory should help you... but the code won't...#) TwitterOut of date stuff:Scripts: Sudoku Solver | Webserver | 3D library (Pure AutoIt) | Wood's GadgetsUDFs: _WoodUniqueID() | _DialogEditIni() | _Console*() | _GetIPConfigData() | _URLEncode/Decode() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confuzzled Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Most LCD displays are standardised these days, with 2 lines by 16 characters being very common and only costing between ten and twenty dollars/Euros. They accept 4 or 8 bit input data at 5v, and some of them will interface directly to a printer port or use a PIC controller to talk to a serial bus such as the I2C bus on board some motherboards. If you need RS232C, use a voltage translator chip such as a MAX232 or a couple of pullup resistors and a transistor/FET. Most electronics magazines have published designs recently, so a visit to your local library may be of help if you cannot find anything on the Internet - Google is your friend. Temperature sensors are only a few cents and can be directly interfaced to the display, so no software is required. For all the fooling around, it is often easier to install a pre-built unit, unless you have the time and patience to re-invent the wheel and get satisfaction from doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardith Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Most LCD displays are standardised these days, with 2 lines by 16 characters being very common and only costing between ten and twenty dollars/Euros. They accept 4 or 8 bit input data at 5v, and some of them will interface directly to a printer port or use a PIC controller to talk to a serial bus such as the I2C bus on board some motherboards. If you need RS232C, use a voltage translator chip such as a MAX232 or a couple of pullup resistors and a transistor/FET. Most electronics magazines have published designs recently, so a visit to your local library may be of help if you cannot find anything on the Internet - Google is your friend. Temperature sensors are only a few cents and can be directly interfaced to the display, so no software is required.For all the fooling around, it is often easier to install a pre-built unit, unless you have the time and patience to re-invent the wheel and get satisfaction from doing so.Yes, I agree about the pre-built ones. But my mother board DFI Ultra lanparty nf4, which is overclocked with a custom Danger Den watercooling build up, so this is one more project to add to it. Im looking at a Graphical LCD at this point. Printer port isn't a choice with this mother board, it's Either USB or nothing. Which sorta put's the project in a place I didn't want to go. I can't seem to find any graphical LCDs that use USB.Jeff [font="Verdana"]Valik:Get it straight - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardith Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 Little update. The LCD I want is 109$, but they don't support usb or serial for that graphical model, so it looks like im going to have to get a 224$ model. Im looking for Graphic LCD Modules. If any one has some recomendations let me know. www.crystalfontz.com one that I want (109$) they won't exaplain the pin-layout and how to wire it up... so.109$109$ Graphical 224$224$ GraphicalDoes anyone have any idea's of how to grab information from mother board monitor 5? [font="Verdana"]Valik:Get it straight - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardith Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 Little Update. Selling a few things to bring in some funds. Still looking at how to retrive info from MBM5, if anyone could help that would be great. [font="Verdana"]Valik:Get it straight - I'm not here to say please, I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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