LCDproc

I'm active in the open source project LCDproc. LCDproc is software to use an LCD connected to your computer. See the LCDproc homepage at http://lcdproc.org/ for more info.

These pages are about LCDproc, and the things I did with/for the project.

If you're wondering what these queer colours on this page are: they are the colours of a negatively polarized STN LCD with green LED backlight. Positively polarized LCDs may be more familiar.

Clients

I've written a client named lcdvc that displays the contents of the active virtual console on the LCD. More info here.

HD44780

HD44780 displays are quite popular because they are the industry standard. Many compatibles exist: KS0066, KS0070, LC7985. There are a number of ways to wire your HD44780 LCD to LCDproc. I once had a wiring overview on these pages, but I removed it because the LCDproc documentation is nowadays quite extensive. It has all the HD44780 info.

PLANS

Lately on the mailinglist the idea was discussed of a HD44780 driver for LCDproc that allows "wiring by software". The user should indicate exactly how he has connected the LCD to the LPT port from the config file. That would mean the end of the compatibility problems. As for today, nothing has been designed of it yet, but it should be compatible with the current way to configure LCDproc. So you should just say "ConnectionType=winamp" and things should still work. More on that later.

SED1330

If you need a lot of info to be displayed, use an SED1330 graphical LCD ! The LCDproc SED1330 driver supports the Seiko/Epson G321D, G121C, G242C, G191 and G2446 LCD modules, and can be found in the lcdproc CVS. The display you see here is the G321D, it's 320x200 pixels. I am using it to display 53x20 characters. (image). Currently I am using it as a kind of console together with the lcdvc client.

It seems the SED1330 is now called S1D13300 and the SED1335 now S1D13305.

NEWS

The driver now supports the G2446 display as well. It's a 240x64 CCFL-backlit LCD, shown at the right. The screen size 133x40 mm. It is able to display up to 40x8 characters with the LCDproc SED1330 driver. Some pictures here. You can get a G2446 at www.EIO.com.