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6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

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I am having a heck of a time trying to find a 6-character tall alphanumeric LCD display.  It seems like they are all either 4 characters tall or much larger than that.  Does anyone know of a non-custom one or where I might begin to look?  I've tried digikey and several other catalogues.

RE: 6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

You might be forced to use a dot matrix display and make-up your own character set and all the software overhead that goes along with that approach.

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RE: 6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

(OP)
Interesting ideas.  I only need one or else I would consider the custom design.  I like the dot matrix graphic display idea, I think I'll go with that.  Thanks!

RE: 6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

I saw an 8 line lcd on ebay recently.

RE: 6 line alphanumeric (aka character) LCD display

Can you use a 40 x 4 and get the info out in two columns?

Otherwise go with a graphic LCD and make the lines whatever size you want.  This will often take more CPU resources though.

Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com

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