1.3M views · Apr 26, 2017 · 13:59 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2022
The 8-Bit Guy explains how character LCD screens work and how to control them directly, first part of a series.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters recommend the series as an approachable demonstration of the simple standardized interface used by character LCDs.
“made a great video series on character LCD screens and how to run them”HN comment, 2019
“made a great video series on character LCD screens and how to run them”
Drive a character LCD manually using switches
The 8-Bit Guy on Youtube made a great video series on character LCD screens and how to run them. In the first video he shows how to drive one manually using just switches: this video In parts 2 and 3 he shows two ways how to drive them with a C64: link link
“there are simple character LCDs which all have a standardized and simple electrical interface[1]”
Standardized simple interface of character LCDs
If you don't need actual HDMI and a regular monitor then there are other solutions which are more like what you describe: Firstly there are simple character LCDs which all have a standardized and simple electrical interface[1] for sending ASCII characters and control codes. Then there are bit-addressable colour displays that let you send drawing commands, eg: [2] [3] [4] [1] this video [2] link [3] link [4] link
“Reminds me of the 8-bit guy's device he created for manually programming character lcd displays.”
Device for manually programming character LCDs
Reminds me of the 8-bit guy's device he created for manually programming character lcd displays. this video
