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The LCD. Straight away I found Matrix Orbital, who make some very nice graphical LCDs:
However I couldn't easily get them here in the UK - and it looks like they would be prohibitively expensive. So instead I settled for their 20x4 character USB (as my laptop doesn't have a serial port) LCD screen:
Which can be picked up from KustomPCs for a.. erm.. moderate amount. Ok so I've got the LCD, now how am I going to mount it? Well I was originally thinking of some kind of brushed aluminium stand - but me and sharp metal don't go well together, so acrylic looks looks like a good idea. Happily enough, KustomPCs sell a particularly suitable size of clear acryllic which goes well (maybe) with my Headroom BitHead headphone amp that I'll be using this with.
Next week: The design.. Week 1 (8th May 2006): The LCD Week 2 (15th May 2006): The Design Week 2 (still): The Shopping List Week 3 (22nd May 2006): The LCD arrives Week 4 (29th May 2006): The Redesign Week 5 (5th June 2006): Soldering Week 6 (26th June 2006): Plasticfantastic Week 7 (14th August 2006): Painting and Assembly (Part 1) Week 8 (4th September 2006): Painting and assembly (Part 2) Week 9 (11th September 2006): Painting and assembly (Part 3) |
