ON 20020309@9:37:56 AM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton edited the page ON 20020321@8:26:08 PM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm pA-Medi-F73 Thomas Jude added 'Questions: is there any code for interfacing dot matrix LCD display with PIC?. When I initialize the display 'some times' it is not initialized properly. Instead of two lines only one line appear and writting some chars will display nothing.'553 Null recipient not accepted ON 20020324@6:50:12 PM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton edited the page ON 20020325@10:49:07 PM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm DB--PA0 Dale Botkin added 'Says http://www.botkin.org/dale/yard-lite This PIC16F628 based yard light timer offers several features not found in the basic mechanical ON/OFF timers commonly sold with the transformers:

Daylight sensor (CdS photocell)
Anti-false delay timers to ignore shadows, headlights, etc.
MOSFET controlled switching with soft-start
Auto-blanking mode/time LED displays
One-button control of modes and timer
Multiple modes:
- On at dusk, off at dawn ('dd' mode)
- Always-on mode ('24')
- Always-off mode ('00')
- On at dusk, off after X hours or at dawn ('01' thru '23')
Enough pins left over to add PIR motion sensor, PC interface or whatever!

Code is provided in CCS C source and .LST files, schematics and board layout done with Eagle. All parts available from Digi-Key and most other sources. '553 Null recipient not accepted ON 20020326@9:14:54 AM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton edited the page ON 20020326@9:28:29 AM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton edited the page ON 20020331@7:36:42 PM at page: http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist/pcbcontest.htm JMN-EFP-786 James Newton edited the page