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$5 serial monitor/customizable display

Posted by: zerobotman on 2016-04-09 17:47:59 I've recently been looking into cheep displays for various projects including retro computing and i came across the TVout library for the arduino. it looks pretty promising so far. I am finding that these car TVs are getting dirt cheep now (probably because they are getting replaced with phones and ipads) and i got two for $10. aside from the arduino I havn't spent anything and since iv'e already got one i'd say it's a write off as well. all it took was a jack, two resisters and some wire for the circuit. you could easily build a standalone board with an ftdi chip for a couple of dollars and there's already a sample program for serial terminals.

Posted by: Paralel on 2016-04-09 23:24:16 Just as a copy edit, its "cheap" not "cheep". "Cheep" is an onomatopoeia of the sound a chick (baby chicken) makes.

Posted by: zerobotman on 2016-04-10 04:09:48 I'm going to draw a chick on it when I figure how to get the ovals positioned correctly.

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-04-10 09:49:54 LCDs in general are just getting ridiculously cheap.  I'm now looking into replacing nearly all my CRTs in my monitors with LCDs, then shelving the CRTs safely away. Although, making a custom Apple Snow White designed enclosure for an LCD would be pretty damn cool, too.

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