I am very new to hobby electronics, but I was hoping I could find a way to get an LCD (preferably a backlit monochrome LCD with a grid of pixels -- something like this) that I could somehow mount in one of my computer's 5.25" drive bay and control via serial or something. What kind of LCD and other components could I get that could be controlled like this?
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\$\begingroup\$ Lots. Lots and lots and lots. \$\endgroup\$– Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsAug 30, 2013 at 22:59
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\$\begingroup\$ Anyway, you could use a microcontroller to interface to the LCD. PC talks to µC, µC talks to LCD. \$\endgroup\$– RenanAug 31, 2013 at 0:51
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\$\begingroup\$ Or just get one that talks USB. \$\endgroup\$– Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsAug 31, 2013 at 5:48
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\$\begingroup\$ You can build one yourself (microcontroller + some programming work), or buy a ready made product that does this. But were are explicitly NOT a 'shopping recommendation' site, so you will have to do the googling yourself. I tried the 2 obvious searches and got both a serial and an USB version. \$\endgroup\$– Wouter van OoijenAug 31, 2013 at 7:54
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Here is one nice Graphical (it's a grid of pixels) LCD which Sparkfun sells (Open-Source hardware):
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9351
Quoting the datasheet:
Setting up the display is as easy as connecting 6V to Vin, 0V to GND and a serial TX line from your source to the RX line on the backpack
For other options you can go here. I didn't bother to look outside Sparkfun, but I'm sure you can find other options.
