> ah, you need two things then. > First you need something to drive the display > Then you need something to be your terminal device... Yes, _logically_, there are two things. But why AV-1 (or another controller) can't do both? > but driving it directly will probably be more complicated... Yes, this it what I want to do: avoid D-A-D conversion and save on unit cost and power consumption. > Or it could go D-A and then A-D again.. if you do that then it will be a > lot easier. you can get a BOB or a BOB-II and write code to use it as a > terminal in linux.. a BOB and a RS-170 OEM driver board will be pretty > small.. you could always rebuild it smaller or different... I know about BOB-II. Its disadvantages are: - relatively costly (with RS-170 kit) - unnessesary D-A-D step - single font size (and limited screen size in characters) What I am looking for at the moment is recommendations on the microcontroller... Have a feeling that I will get stuck with 8051 clone such as AV-1 (except that RS-232 may be easier to start with). > good luck and keep the list updated, > Bryan Hurley Thanks! Seva -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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