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LCD SMARTIE OFFICIAL HARDWARE - [Discontinued]

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Great news for the community....
We are working to create an official hardware.
FYI: It is gonna be an usb based lcd with rocking features!
20130311_184652.jpg
Stay tuned for more info.
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Excellent News,
happy to help out if you need it.

Dave

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Thanks Dave
I will let you know if help is needed

Here is our first video


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nice

what microcontroller are you using?

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It is based on a FreeScale uC.
BTW: I'm not the developer credits are going to "gorlik'

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A special page is hosted under www.lcdsmartie.org
Pre order scheme is open. Get your board now!

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amazing!

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Very interesting.

What is the price and shipping costs?

Is it available thru ebay? I use Paypal.

wkr,
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I'm intrested in buying some of these, Where can I buy and what is the price per unit?

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hydrolisk1792 wrote:I'm intrested in buying some of these, Where can I buy and what is the price per unit?
Try to PM gorlik

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Hi

I have a few questions....

Why would I need one of these? (the CFA631-TMF-KU) comes with a USB cable, so is there any reason why I need an extra board?

Will this fit behind a 3.5inch bay (it seems to large), might be based on the above answer?

Many Thanks
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well..if you buy this. you would be supporting the team behind the software.

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Guest wrote:well..if you buy this. you would be supporting the team behind the software.
I can do that via donation which is way more efficient than asking for hardware in return, so.... is there a reason this needs to be in the system with the hardware CFA631-TMF-KU?

- If it is, then what does it do rather than CFA631-TMF-KU as this has a USB connection already?
- If not then what boards is this new hardware aimed at?

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If you want to buy a board you can contact gorlik via PM.

The board is awesome. The board is an USB enabled device, detected as HID device witch means that there are no drivers needed for windows environment.
I believe that gorlik have done an exceptional work driving the hardware to its limits!

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SFX Group wrote:
Guest wrote:well..if you buy this. you would be supporting the team behind the software.
I can do that via donation which is way more efficient than asking for hardware in return, so.... is there a reason this needs to be in the system with the hardware CFA631-TMF-KU?

- If it is, then what does it do rather than CFA631-TMF-KU as this has a USB connection already?
- If not then what boards is this new hardware aimed at?
Here is an example of what the board does and what I use it for. . . I use these to control any LCD module that was ment for parallel, like the HD44780 driver on the back. This is basically a backpack board, and like it says on the official page, it can go up to 4x40 displays. . . .

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I wanted to order the LCD Smartie Hardware, and contacted Gorlik in private message after registering as "Fiery" in this forum. I've got a reply from him, kindly informing me about the costs I should expect. Then mysteriously my forum account got deleted (wiped), so I had to register again as the same username, Fiery. I'd like to know what's going on, and why cannot I purchase from your product. I'd be happy to aid the development of your software by buying your hardware, and I'm sure many others would happily do the same. I can't fathom why my forum account was deleted, unless of course it was a system crash and the forum database was recovered from an older backup. Which seems unlikely, but who knows...

Anyway, Gorlik, please contact me in email about further discussion about the hardware purchase.

Thanks,
Fiery

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So, I bought one of these.
Im a beginner at lcd-displays so to speak.
And i got question: I want a quick start guide for it.
How to connect it to my pc in simple.
I search the forum, and cant find out.
I got my 2x16 lcd up and running. Connected the 16 headers from the lcdsmartie hardware directly to the lcd.
and connected the mini-usb to the pc-usb port.
so the lcd lights up and says
"gglabs.us
lcdsmartie.org"
But i cant find out how to control it via the lcdsmartie software.
Do i need to connect some more cables on the hardware board?

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LCD Smartie 5.x Setup.png

Check the image.
You have to select the driver under display settings. DS00HIDA_103.dll is the latest.
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limbo wrote:You have to select the driver under display settings. DS00HIDA_103.dll is the latest.
Where can i download the latest dll?

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The latest is included in the program package.
Just download the latest LCD Smartie Package

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Ok, i have now 1.05.

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limbo wrote:Great news for the community....
We are working to create an official hardware.
FYI: It is gonna be an usb based lcd with rocking features!
20130311_184652.jpg
Stay tuned for more info.

Can anyone refer me where I can buy the hardware pls?

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I have this VFD display that I got with my HTPC case, but without any connector cables/harness : Samsung 16T202DA1e VFD - can anyone help with advice on how to connect to my motherboard etc PLEASE

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You possibly hit on wrong topic..
raise a question on hardware by providing hardware info (model, pinou, connection type etc)

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It is still a chance to buy the official hardware ??

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