Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-08 Thread Thomas Parvais
whouah ! I didn't know this solution. looks very promising ! And seems that Brain4home is 30km from home , also in Belgium :-) I'll contact Pascal for more info Thank you Paul for the idea Thomas 2013/1/8 Paul Alfille > Take a look at the BAE products. www.brain4home.eu > > They are essenti

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Alfille
Take a look at the BAE products. www.brain4home.eu They are essentially microprocessors that can be programed over 1-wire and have all sorts of capabilities including LCD, buttons, relays,... Completely supported by OWFS. On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Attila wrote: > I asked Hobbyboards abo

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread Attila
I asked Hobbyboards about the availability of this LCD controller, as I could not find it on their website. "Attila, Unfortunately at this time we no longer offer our LCD Driver device. We may have one available in the future but I do not have a time frame. Eric" So seems its discontinued... At

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread p4trykx
W dniu 07.01.2013 o 20:22 Thomas Parvais pisze:HelloThank you for the idea : bigger screen , no button . However I've  many info to display . I could also do a kind of roll out Do you have the schematic for HB LCD ? Not existing anymore on his website It's the same as this http://owfs.org/uploads

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread Vajk Fekete
Hi, I do not know Your specific requirements, but you may end up creating some custom device that includes a microcontroller. In this case, it is much easyer to simply push all data over 1w into the uC regularly, and use the buttons locally to navigate the data. Vajk On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:22

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread Attila
HB schematic: http://www.hobby-boards.com/catalog/links/lcd2-r1/LCD%20Driver%20v3.0%20Schematic.pdf The PIC driven LCD controller is caching button states until its read out - at least it is written in the specifications. Although I have no idea how it works in practice... On Mon, Jan 7, 2013

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread Thomas Parvais
Hello Thank you for the idea : bigger screen , no button . However I've many info to display . I could also do a kind of roll out Do you have the schematic for HB LCD ? Not existing anymore on his website Thomas Le 7 janv. 2013 à 18:59, p4trykx a écrit : > W dniu 07.01.2013 o 10:42 Thom

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread p4trykx
W dniu 07.01.2013 o 10:42 Thomas Parvais pisze:HelloI think Hobby-board does not sell anymore 1-wire LCD.I'm also interrested by this small LCD to display different measurements on the 1-wire bus. buttons can be used, I think, to change displayed values. fully compatible with OWFS ? perl script c

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-07 Thread Thomas Parvais
Hello I think Hobby-board does not sell anymore 1-wire LCD. I'm also interrested by this small LCD to display different measurements on the 1-wire bus. buttons can be used, I think, to change displayed values. fully compatible with OWFS ? perl script can control the "user interface" ? Any examp

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-06 Thread Paul Alfille
That lcd controller has been supported for quite a while. There is a DS2408 based one from HobbyBoards that also has buttons. On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Attila wrote: > I'm looking for a solution to use a control panel for my application. I > need an LCD, and some push buttons. > I found

[Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD controller

2013-01-05 Thread Attila
I'm looking for a solution to use a control panel for my application. I need an LCD, and some push buttons. I found this (http://www.louisswart.co.za/1-Wire_Overview.html), and as I see, OWFS supports this device. Does anyone has any experience with this LCD controller? How can I use the LCD from

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD isn't visible on OWFS

2009-01-02 Thread do
Hi Paul, You're right, with this option the LCD unit appeared immediately :) Many thanks! Peter On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:24:58 -0500, "Paul Alfille" wrote: Use --usb_regulartime on the command line and tell us if it works. I think the LCD timing is a little more stringent. Paul Al

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD isn't visible on OWFS

2009-01-02 Thread Paul Alfille
Use --usb_regulartime on the command line and tell us if it works. I think the LCD timing is a little more stringent. Paul Alfille On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:51 AM, do wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm using OWFS for aquaristic and egg breeding projects and I'd like to > use an LCD to make easi

[Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD isn't visible on OWFS

2009-01-02 Thread do
Hi Everyone, I'm using OWFS for aquaristic and egg breeding projects and I'd like to use an LCD to make easier the environment monitoring for incubators and aquariums. Generally an openwrt whiterussian was used with an USB host adapter DS9490 for OWFS with no problem. I've purchase

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread ND Holmes
I've never seen a 44780-based LCD that didn't support 4-bit mode. It's all in the initialization as to what bus width it uses, but it's been in the controller chip since day one as far as I know. I'd try to hack something together tonight, but I don't have any 2408s and I'm leaving for two

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Krzysztof
> $25 isn't too terrible, it is (and shipping $$$), I can have such device for 2$ PCB, 3-4$ DS2480 and LCD 0$ (I own it already) > However I haven't gotten much use from it yet because I didn't realize > at first that it requires a 4-bit interface and the LCDs I have lying > around are the 8-bit

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On 12/20/05, Krzysztof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alfille, Paul H.,M.D. wrote: > > Thank you for the corrected link. > > > > I looked at the entry for the 2408 p38. Sending the data to the LCD > > should be no problem. The real question is incorporating the LCD > > protocol. I wonder how universa

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Krzysztof
Alfille, Paul H.,M.D. wrote: > For the record, OWFS is pure C. No C++. > ANSI C ok > Sounds like a fun project. > > Guess what, http://sklep.avt.com.pl/go/_info/?id=16015 (check PDF and the schematic). That is exactly that what I have wanted to build... ready device waiting for a piece of softwa

RE: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Alfille, Paul H.,M.D.
For the record, OWFS is pure C. No C++. Sounds like a fun project. Paul Alfille -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krzysztof Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:29 PM To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Owfs-developers] 1

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Krzysztof
Paul Alfille wrote: > Ok. Are you willing to build and test? Sure, it is my pleasure to help (I can mainly help in hardware and testing, c++ - moreover c++ under linux is NOT what I can do best hehe) > The first pass will be a shell script or perl script or something > like that to test proof-of-

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Paul Alfille
Ok. Are you willing to build and test? The first pass will be a shell script or perl script or something like that to test proof-of-concept. Then we can build it in to owlib, perhaps in a subdirectory of DS2408 to reduce confusion. Paul On Tuesday 20 December 2005 10:43 am, Krzysztof wrote: > A

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-20 Thread Krzysztof
Alfille, Paul H.,M.D. wrote: > Thank you for the corrected link. > > I looked at the entry for the 2408 p38. Sending the data to the LCD > should be no problem. The real question is incorporating the LCD > protocol. I wonder how universal this would be, and whether it might > be implemented as anot

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-19 Thread Paul Alfille
On Monday 19 December 2005 10:23 pm, Paul Alfille wrote: > Well, if you want to make the board because you want to make the board, go > ahead. Louis' board (exclusive of LCD) is < 16 euros, with free shipping to > Poland. And it works. And it is already supported. Oops. On closer reading shipping

Re: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-19 Thread Paul Alfille
On Monday 19 December 2005 06:15 pm, Krzysztof wrote: > Hello! > > What is inside the Louis 1-wire LCD, PIC or DS2408 ? > http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3818 PIC I believe. (PIC16F628 on my board) > > http://owfs.sourceforge.net/LCD.3.html > > I have found a pdf (ds2408 datasheet pag

RE: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-19 Thread Alfille, Paul H.,M.D.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krzysztof Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:16 PM To: owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD Hello! What is inside the Louis 1-wire LCD, PIC or DS2408 ? http://www.maxim

[Owfs-developers] 1-wire LCD

2005-12-19 Thread Krzysztof
Hello! What is inside the Louis 1-wire LCD, PIC or DS2408 ? http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3818 http://owfs.sourceforge.net/LCD.3.html I have found a pdf (ds2408 datasheet page 28 :P) that claims that DS2408 can be used as a LCD controller. OWFS supports LCD but it is a PIC based