Bill Shultz wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I have a pic project that sends out serial RS-232 data. I am using a
> computer running DOS and Procomm to receive and display the
> information at present. I would like to be able to do away with the
> desktop or laptop computer and be able to display the data without
> using either computer. I am thinking of a single board computer at
> the present placed into a custom case and attaching it to the back of
> a flat panel display. This display needs a VGA or SVGA
> connection.(Standard LCD computer monitor)  My goal here is to create
> as small of a footprint as possible.
> Making it portable without any wires to connect except of power and
> data. Power supply size (physical size) seems to be the biggest
> factor.
>
> Has anyone ever encountered such a task? Any suggestions better than
> the single board computer?
> What type of single board (smaller the better)?
> All thoughts welcome, thanks in advance.
>
> Bill N8HKI

I built a little doo-dad using a couple of PIC's (one for sending and
one for receiving), a Hitachi type LCD (4*20) and a MAX232.  It's tiny
and you just plug a pc keyboard into it and make a serial connection to
the device you wish to communicate with.

michael brown

"In the land of the blind, he who has one eye is king"

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