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That's great - thank you :)

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Gadroc

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Hey Guys. Progress goes on. I'm a little behind but I think I can make it up the next few nights.

 

I have 3 fully assembled awaiting backlights, and 2 more ready for wiring. I should get another finished tonight and complete the last one tomorrow night. Backlight's will get solder over the rest of the week.

 

I will calculate shipping costs for everyone and send them a final bill over the weekend. Once I get final payment I'll ship. Thanks for hanging in there guys.

 

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agrasyuk

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wow, that looks great.

 

couple questions when you have time.

is it powered via that USB-serial cable mentioned? or does it need additional power brick (like old cellphone 5V charger). given the 14 LEDs i would think external supply, what supply is recommended? the 21 inputs visible as gaming device (i guess not)? what software does it require (somehow interfaced to Helios i assume). basically a high level description of operation is welcome (ie helios reads the export LUA and feeds it to the controller). or is this something that will be distributed on "need to know" basis? :)

 

and of course what panel are you doing next (hope to perhaps get in on that) :) since you can drive 2 line LCD screen i would think you can also do the seven segment displays of radios :)

Anton.

 

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OMG so awesome !!!

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Gadroc

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wow, that looks great.

 

couple questions when you have time.

is it powered via that USB-serial cable mentioned? or does it need additional power brick (like old cellphone 5V charger). given the 14 LEDs i would think external supply, what supply is recommended? the 21 inputs visible as gaming device (i guess not)? what software does it require (somehow interfaced to Helios i assume). basically a high level description of operation is welcome (ie helios reads the export LUA and feeds it to the controller). or is this something that will be distributed on "need to know" basis? :)

 

and of course what panel are you doing next (hope to perhaps get in on that) :) since you can drive 2 line LCD screen i would think you can also do the seven segment displays of radios :)

 

If you run it off the direct serial to USB cable it has no problem powering it. With 14 LEDs only pulling 20ma plus the display pulling 100ma you are talking about a total draw of 400-450ma max with is under the 500ma max current for even USB 1.0. I'll do some testing with various machines but I have no problem running it off USB on my MacBook Pro.

 

There is a power connector for a 5v power supply, but if you use it you need to make sure to not connect power front he usb serial cable. You normally would use this if your running under a daisy chained EOS bus instead of direct serial.

 

It is not exposed as a game device (this would require a full USB support chip which significantly adds to the complexity) and more importantly it requires a USB license to get a unique ID. There is a protocol over the serial bus to read the device and update it's outputs along with .net assembly and command line utility. I will be incorporating it in Helios and it will work just like everything else in Helios. Each input will have a trigger and each out put will have the appropriate actions to update them.

hog_driver111th

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Hey Gadroc,

Now that I have a CMSP from Pitbldr (panel only), I'm going to pick up a 20x2 green text on black LCD module. Can I order a controller board kit from you? Also, would this setup with the USB wire be plug-and-play with Helios or is there more I would need? I already have switches and the rest. Will Helios talk to the LCD in terms of displaying the information as in the sim?

Here's a link to the LCD I found. http://de.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Microtips-Technology/UMSH-3267MD-2UB/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMt7dcPGmvnkBmCdhPy%252bQw6tPSvhfqhStfU%3d

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grimm0ne

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looks dang good. Wish things would of been different, but i hope who ever got my slot, is really happy as it looks like a dream build, well done...

Gadroc

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I'm still finishing up the panels (lots of soldering at this point, so just time). I'll get another photo update posted tomorrow night.

 

Hog, Moken - I'll let you know when I kick off another round. I need to get the patient souls who I've already committed to out of the way first.

 

Thanks,

Gadroc

moken

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Thank you Gadroc,

 

actually I already have a switch And 20 x 2 VFD display for CMS but I have no any broad or shield for the 20 x 2 VFD display , I hope you can provide the solution or PCB for connect the 20 x 2 VFD display

 

Otherwise, could you slow photo to me for backlight function is work? I want to see your backlight is how beautiful

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Gadroc

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This EOS board here will support any HD44780 controller compatible screen. So when looking for the screen check that. Will need slight firmware changes (easy to do) to support more than 2 lines.

hog_driver111th

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This EOS board here will support any HD44780 controller compatible screen. So when looking for the screen check that. Will need slight firmware changes (easy to do) to support more than 2 lines.

 

More than 2 lines, but does it matter between 16x2 or 20x2? I think the 20x2 would fit my panel better, plus allow for the spaces between the text blocks.

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Gadroc

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The input interface doesn't care about how long the text is per line. The code does have to purposely set the row the text is to be displayed on, hence adding the support for the additional lines.

moken

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Thank you Gadroc's operation for us, I will waiting for you, if you done your final VFD 20 x 2 display solution for CMSP, please inform me, i must buy , please allow me in your waiting list.

moken

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Dear Gadroc,

 

Otherwise , i hear some people talk about LCD smartie with USB port can link data display to VFD or LCD display , but i have no this electric skill , i hope this source can help your development.

http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/

 

If anything i can help you, please tell me, i will support you for your development if i can.

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