At 11:59 PM 9/19/96 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Wynn, you wrote:-
>>I've been trying to convince NASA here to use PICs, and it looks like I've got
>>my chance.  We need a very low power drain system that basically runs several
>>very long duration count down timers and can display three lines of data.  I
>>seem to remember a discussion of LCD's not too long ago.  Does anyone have
>>a PIC board with an attached LCD?  Three lines of 12 characters would do it.
>>
>>Can anyone pass along information on the power draw of any LCD displays?
>>(Monochrome, 3 lines of 16 characters)  I'm trying to keep total current
>>drain under 10 ma, figuring no more than 4 ma for the PIC.  How big of an
>>LCD display could we power?  Any pointers to web sites?

Stop by our web site and take a look at our Microcontroller Board - it might
be just what you are after.  It has a direct-connect LCD port, completely
under command of driver routines included with the board.

http://www.netins.net/showcase/elab

Let me know if you'd like to receive an information packet via postal service.

Thanks,

Todd Peterson
E-LAB Digital Engineering, Inc.

(712) 944-5344