The new site works a lot better now! Thanks! -Chuck-

We have stoped working/updating the current website as the new one should be released on July 1st! It will be much much much (trust me, much) better... Thankyou for you input, it's nice to sso our customers care

So where is the new site? -Chuck-

I need to calculate the length of a line I am about to send to the display. This is easy with the mono fonts, but how do I do this with the Variable Width fonts? I find that when I go to display a line, either it is too short or too long for the field. How do I get access to the width of each Charac...

Thought you might like to see a MO LCD used for a project other than PC Case Mods. I am hacking my MO display into my car and it is turning out really well. Easy to do too. Check out the Picts and Description at http://www.wildrice.com/BlueCabbie/ I really like the bigger graphical display. Looks gr...

Love the site. Love the products, but it would be really nice if you ran your web pages through: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.matrixorbital.com/ http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.matrixorbital.com%2F&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional&charset=iso-8859-1+%28Wester...

Here is the first rough draft on my iBook/iTunes car MP3 player. Still very much a work in progress, but already using it and loving it. This is the first test install picture. See the link at the bottom for more info. http://www.wildrice.com/BlueCabbie/Images/TestInstall.jpg http://www.wildrice.com...

Sorry. The link was down for a while. Should be good again. -Chuck-

I was looking around for some info on this topic and I ran across this site . Would the circuit for "Up Down detection circuit" work to output the rotation of the encoder into something the keypad input would see as a "button press" Cool info. Think I will give it a try. But you...

Using a GLK24064-25-VPT-E . Is the keypad debounced? If so, what is the bounce delay? check out the GLK24062-25 manual for debounce settings. The default is 8. (I can't tell you in ms because I'm having net problems) RTFM! :) Sorry. I must have missed that. 52ms is the default. I will have to play ...

Using a GLK24064-25-VPT-E . What is the maximum rate it can accept keypresses on the 25 key keypad before it starts to lose keypress data? faster then you can press. Humm... I can press pretty fast! :) I am using an encoder, so a spin of the knob can send over a hundred state changes (key presses, ...

Humm, perhaps I should have posted this question on the Software Board? Here is the code I am trying to use: //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // checkKeyboard //-----------------------------------------------------------------------...

Using a GLK24064-25-VPT-E . What is the maximum rate it can accept keypresses on the 25 key keypad before it starts to lose keypress data? Is the keypad debounced? If so, what is the bounce delay? (How) Does it handle rollover (two keys pressed at the same time)? Does it buffer keypresses in any way...

ManSoNN wrote:From what I can tell, there are no USB VFDs. Any on the way soon? Serial is getting pretty tired in my book...

Just use a keyspan serial to USB adapter.

http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/pdaadapter/

Should plug and go. -Chuck-

Got the devices. Have not hooked them up, but the RKJXT1E12001 looks really, really cool. It is tiny. It could hide behind a quarter. It is a joystick with switched in eight directions, plus a pushbutton, plus a rotation encoder. It may require some electronics to hook it up, but it will be well wor...

Found this cool device called an XPort. Is there a way to use it to ethernet connect a display?

http://www.commanderx.com/productinfo.html

-Chuck-