[simpits-tech] Controller for LED's

[Ray Sotkiewicz]

Behold the Arduino Mega 2560 sending serial data to an LCD panel!

http://anthonyscott.zenfolio.com/misc/e3a247595#h3a247595

This took me no time at all to get working...  9600 BAUD... (Actually 
the display toggles every 1sec between "RPM/Temp" and "All your base are 
belong to us!"

Simple serial comms... Gene.. I'm ready for the MLX10407! :-)


On 2/28/2011 5:16 PM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Cris Harrison wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Roy Coates<roy at flightlab.liv.ac.uk>wrote:
>>
>> sorry but you all know me Im out in left field but I have trashed the
>> Arduino, they cant do much, and besides I
> Bullshit.  I've worked with the ATMega328 and the Arduino software stack
> and it's a great little platform to work on.
>
>> want to have Ethernet, USB, and maybe I2C:
> Then you haven't looked at the Arduino at all - otherwise you'd know it
> supports all that.  I2C right off the board and Ethernet&  USB via
> shields.
>
> Ethernet Shield: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9026 (also stocked by
> others)
>
> Arduino based autopilot for UAVs : http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8785
>
> The new Arduino Uno uses an ATMega8u2 instead of the FTDI serial chip for
> it's main interface.  This chip can be reprogrammed to emulate any kind of
> USB HID device instead of being just a serial port.
>
> If you want to connect a USB device to an Arduino, you can use the USB
> Shield here: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9947 so you can hook up
> webcams, keyboards, joysticks, etc. to a "can't do much" Arduino.
>
> If you're into the .Net compact framework, you can get any one of the FEZ
> boards (I have a FEZ Panda: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10146) and
> program your device in VB.Net or C#.  The FEZ line has quite a few really
> cool boards.  Check out http://www.tinyclr.com/compare/ for a side by side
> comparison of them.  The FEZ Panda and FEZ Domino can use pretty much any
> shield designed for the regular Arduino.
>
> I don't mind you knocking the Arduino, but saying it "can't do much" has
> squat to do with the Arduino and everything to do with how you look at it.
> THAT is what sets me off.
>
> g.
>