Jeff I thought of it when I design the wiring, due to the flexibility I want to gain, I leave it as it is now. Regards Tal Bejerano AMC - ISRAEL -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jeff DeMaagd Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 5:37 AM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]: My new car MP3 controller It looks nice. The only thing is that it seems to exclude the use of a real keyboard. Is there a particular reason to not do all the I/O straight through the serial port? I would think that making a program on the computer side from one port would be simpler than handling three ports, and it would involve less wiring. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: Tal Bejerano - AMC > Look at my car MP3 controller, inside there is a pc keyboard emulator > (thanks to Tony Kubek)with 16 keys Vol up/dn,Stop,Pause,Rew,FF,Next song, > Previous song,Menu,Enter,Power,and more,(thanks to Sony),IR receiver (Thanks > to Microchip), and of course a 20x4 LCD display (thanks to the Taiwanese), > case designed by me (thanks to my brother for the Perspex work) > and of course last but not least thanks to you all who gave me a hand 6 > months ago... > > :-) > > can be connect to any pc running any OS (mine is Window$) > Lcd goes to Parallel port > IR goes to Serial port > Keyboard goes to Pc keyboard > can be powered by keyboard voltage or combined with external source. > Measurements :11x10x3cm (4.3"x3.9"x1.18") -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu