http://www.crystalfontz.com is my favorite and they have just about every character/backlight combination that you could want. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David P Harris" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [EE]: Source for Cheap (<$10) Character LCDs > Hi All- > Try http://www.crystalfontz.com/ or www.eio.com > David > > > Spehro Pefhany wrote: > > > At 12:28 AM 8/12/2003 +0200, you wrote: > > > >> B.t.w, is there ane value in *non*-backlit LCD's > >> today ? Let's say a 2*16 char display ? > > > > > > Sure! If you have only, say, 9V battery power available you may be stuck > > with them. The STN type (blueish appearance) is better than the cheap > > grey > > color TN ones (higher contrast). > > > > The appearance of backlit displays is MUCH better than it was just a few > > years ago- we bought a whole bunch that were Truly terrible, poor > > brightness even with a lot of current through the backlight and bad > > reliability. Now some take only 50mA/5V for nice contrast and > > brightness, almost as good as an expensive VFD. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the > > reward" > > speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: > > http://www.trexon.com > > Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: > > http://www.speff.com > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body