A sunshade? Well, yes. I could use a sunshade...

But... I know that this might sound foolish to some:

It must look "cool"! 8)

You see, this is for a specific "market". It's a bunch of people who own
4x4s, either old or new, that like to join together, drive through mud,
and have a big dinner!
I'm included, BTW. 8)

There's a product in market, the TerraTrip, but their counters are
_waaaay_ expensive. I'm not looking to compete with them. I would just
like to provide a bunch of friends with a cool-looking, feature packed,
affordable, meter counter. 8)

Putting it in C:

if !(too_much_trouble)
  use(LCD_approach);
else {
  stick_with( 7seg_LedDisplays);
  use( sunshade);
}

I've also thought of a graphic LCD. I bought one, 122x32. But with so
little memory available, it might get tricky, to use it... It's also a
little pricey, but not that much.

Nuno.

Mark Willis wrote:
>
> Nuno Pedrosa wrote:
> > <snipped>
> > Anyway. I have a problem. I'm using five, 2cm, 7seg displays. They're
> > fine, most of the time. But this for a 4x4 "car", and when the sun
> > shines on the digits, they shy away... 8)
> > <snipped>
> > For visibility sake, I'll have to use the big ones, but there's a little
> > problem... How do I drive them???
> >
> > My problem is seeing the numbers when light falls on them. If someone
> > has an idea, cheap to use, I'd love to hear it!
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Nuno Pedrosa.
>
>   Can you put a sunshade on there so that the sun cannot get AT the face
> of the displays?  I'd think that should help (If practical in your
> situation - I don't know all the details here <G>)  Same situation when
> the sun hits this computers' monitor, it's unreadable - I block the sun,
> instead of trying to make the monitor brighter.  If I had a sketch or
> something I might be better able to brainstorm on this <G>
>
>   Mark

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