They are popular among the basic stamp crowd.  I've created one for my
old serial terminal project (buttons, lcd, controlled through rs-232).

It's fairly easy to make a simple interface chip that would be cheaper
than the additional cost of a native rs-232 LCD, so they aren't
terribly popular except for very simple projects.

-Adam

On 3/29/06, Spehro Pefhany <speff@interlog.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I remember seeing some RS-232-ish serial-input LCD modules in the past.
> Are these things popular these day? Is anyone but hobbyists using them?
>
> I'm thinking of something along those lines, so I'm curious as to if and
> how they are being used.
>
> Thanks & Best regards,
>
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