Are we going to see a 4x20 LCD or VFD w/7-key keypad any tim

McPhreak · Post by **McPhreak** » Tue May 28, 2002 3:20 pm

I want to get a double drive bay VFD or LCD, but also like the 7-key keypad. Are you guys gonna come out with a 4x20 VFD or LCD with one of these keypads any time soon?

Post by **Henry** » Tue May 28, 2002 3:53 pm

In a PC bay insert, YES... very soon... except it will be close to 16 key keypad.

CyPher · Post by **CyPher** » Tue May 28, 2002 4:50 pm

holy cow....realy

Post by **Henry** » Tue May 28, 2002 4:53 pm

This is the new double drive bay insert keypad overlay. The keys should look like this:

And this is the final design / layout.

CyPher · Post by **CyPher** » Tue May 28, 2002 9:55 pm

that is realy sweet...and enough room left there for some leds....

im actually working on something similer for rev2 of the orbital control center...i picked up this sony ps2 remote to donate parts to the project...ive looked it over, and it will be easy to wire up what i want, but i havent tried it yet...you can easily guess which parts of the keypad im going to use....can you tell me if the membrane switches will be enough to activate for keypad functions?

McPhreak · Post by **McPhreak** » Wed May 29, 2002 9:39 am

What sort of pricing can we expect for these things? (VERY nice BTW)

Post by **Cheese** » Wed May 29, 2002 12:40 pm

On 2002-05-28 21:55, CyPher wrote:
can you tell me if the membrane switches will be enough to activate for keypad functions?

yeah should be fine.

r.

dVs · Post by **dVs** » Fri May 31, 2002 3:06 pm

holy crap, thats almost exactly what i was looking to do... are they available yet?

Post by **Cheese** » Fri May 31, 2002 3:36 pm

Nopie... but soon

Watch this space.

r.

Hamner · Post by **Hamner** » Mon Jun 03, 2002 1:21 pm

Dumb question incoming....
I'm wanting to run one of the larger Graphical Serial Lcds (say a GLK24064-25) for example, and am curious if this new mount w/keypad will work with it?

Post by **Henry** » Mon Jun 03, 2002 2:36 pm

they will work with it, but the display is WAY bigger then the insert.

imp7 · Post by **imp7** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:12 am

WOW, this is what i am looking for too, i am hoping the release date will be coming up soon. Is there any dates for the release yet or a price range we can see? Thanks!

Luvien · Post by **Luvien** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:22 am

Really nice, I cant wait to get one.
Pls consider making it with alu drive bay too

Post by **Henry** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:02 am

We have, but not sure how possible it is

Post by **Henry** » Tue Jun 11, 2002 10:02 am

On 2002-06-11 08:12, imp7 wrote:
WOW, this is what i am looking for too, i am hoping the release date will be coming up soon. Is there any dates for the release yet or a price range we can see? Thanks!

No date set yet, the finial design is being finished very soon and 6-8 weeks I belive...