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Interfacing with LCD to debug

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Originally Posted by keen101 View Post
I am interested in possibly using an LCD for real time "debugging"/errors

Is this possible/feasible? Would we have to "steal" the old camera TTL port?


i know Kevin Watson mentioned interfacing an LCD on his website briefly, but i think he meant it as kind of a joke.

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With regard to LCDs, I've used the seetron.com text displays and the earthlcd.com graphical displays on various 'bots over the past few years.

-Kevin
OK, I'm still very interested in this. I would like to know:

1. HOW to interface an LCD to the robot. (TTL port?) I really need to know how to wire it to the robot.

2. how to talk to the LCD in programming.

*note that I'm not a programmer, but I can relay the information to our team programmer. So, an idea or some sample code would be helpful.