ive got a lcd 20x4 hd44780 which i use with a for my sim racing which is powerd by a plasma lite usb.
the thing is i cant get it working with lcd smartie ,what would i need to put in the start up parameters for a usb device .
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mattcro
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Is this the Plasma Lite you mean?: http://www.betainnovations.com/hardware ... _lite.html
Interesting bit of kit - you must be well into racing sims? I just muck about with Richard Burns Rally and a bit of Race WTCC and GTR on a crappy Saitek wheel.
I think that Smartie would need a new display driver to use that LCD. Smartie supports several industry-standard common display type/interfaces, but the Plasma Lite is a bit more unusual.
If your programming is up to scratch, you can try writing a driver to interface with Smartie (looks like Beta Innovations provide an SDK), but otherwise I'm afraid it's probably a low priority for the Smartie team.
Interesting bit of kit - you must be well into racing sims? I just muck about with Richard Burns Rally and a bit of Race WTCC and GTR on a crappy Saitek wheel.
I think that Smartie would need a new display driver to use that LCD. Smartie supports several industry-standard common display type/interfaces, but the Plasma Lite is a bit more unusual.
If your programming is up to scratch, you can try writing a driver to interface with Smartie (looks like Beta Innovations provide an SDK), but otherwise I'm afraid it's probably a low priority for the Smartie team.
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mattcro
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Getting another LCD that Smartie supports natively is probably the easiest way to go.
If you have a spare parallel port on your PC, you can use a very simple circuit to connect a standard LCD module directly to the port - just a connector, cable and a few components and a bit of soldering. You can even get assembled/wired LCDs ready to connect from various places including eBay. Check this page for the circuit.
For something a bit more sophisticated, you can buy very smart LCD modules that come with a 5.25" drive bay mounting kit and connect via USB, made by Matrix Orbital and Crystalfontz and available from PC modding shops etc. Some have a few buttons to control the displayed info pages or media players.
If you're into electronics and microcontrollers, you can do it yourself - there are a few projects on this forum using Atmel AVR and Microchip PIC microcontrollers to interface bare LCDs to the serial port or USB.
I guess the Plasma Lite LCD shows info about the game controller system? If so, you'll have 2 LCDs - 1 for controller info and 1 for system/media info. You can show things like CPU load, CPU/GPU temperature, network activity during gaming... the list is endless!
If you have a spare parallel port on your PC, you can use a very simple circuit to connect a standard LCD module directly to the port - just a connector, cable and a few components and a bit of soldering. You can even get assembled/wired LCDs ready to connect from various places including eBay. Check this page for the circuit.
For something a bit more sophisticated, you can buy very smart LCD modules that come with a 5.25" drive bay mounting kit and connect via USB, made by Matrix Orbital and Crystalfontz and available from PC modding shops etc. Some have a few buttons to control the displayed info pages or media players.
If you're into electronics and microcontrollers, you can do it yourself - there are a few projects on this forum using Atmel AVR and Microchip PIC microcontrollers to interface bare LCDs to the serial port or USB.
I guess the Plasma Lite LCD shows info about the game controller system? If so, you'll have 2 LCDs - 1 for controller info and 1 for system/media info. You can show things like CPU load, CPU/GPU temperature, network activity during gaming... the list is endless!