thelocust
2001/11/20, 07:34 AM
Greetings All,
I had discovered what I'm about to share about a week ago, and I just forgot to put it in the forum! I'm currently working again on my MP3 Car project (http://mpy3.thelocust.org), working on v2.0 now, and I had originally shelved my 634 because I switched to using a machine that didn't have a Serial port (oh no!).
So, what is a guy to do? Well, I had bought a USB-to-Serial adapter, but there wasn't driver support under Linux at the time (or maybe there was -- i just didn't know it!) Well, after doing so good old-fashioned research, I found that the adapter I had, the ATEN U232A (http://www.aten-usa.com/products/product.php?ITEM=UC232A), which is powered by the PL2303 chipset has a stable driver in the kernel. Thanks be to the USB devices list at qbik.ch (http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/) for providing information on the converter (http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdv.php3?id=796).
Anywho, my 634 works GREAT with the Serial Converter. I'd be using it in the car, but unfortunately I burnt out my backlight by applying 12v instead of 5v (remember -- ALWAYS check your wiring with a multimeter -- never trust the color of wire!). Perhaps as a testiment to the quality of LCD, the rest of the LCD still works great, and I use it indoors for testing!
I had discovered what I'm about to share about a week ago, and I just forgot to put it in the forum! I'm currently working again on my MP3 Car project (http://mpy3.thelocust.org), working on v2.0 now, and I had originally shelved my 634 because I switched to using a machine that didn't have a Serial port (oh no!).
So, what is a guy to do? Well, I had bought a USB-to-Serial adapter, but there wasn't driver support under Linux at the time (or maybe there was -- i just didn't know it!) Well, after doing so good old-fashioned research, I found that the adapter I had, the ATEN U232A (http://www.aten-usa.com/products/product.php?ITEM=UC232A), which is powered by the PL2303 chipset has a stable driver in the kernel. Thanks be to the USB devices list at qbik.ch (http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/) for providing information on the converter (http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdv.php3?id=796).
Anywho, my 634 works GREAT with the Serial Converter. I'd be using it in the car, but unfortunately I burnt out my backlight by applying 12v instead of 5v (remember -- ALWAYS check your wiring with a multimeter -- never trust the color of wire!). Perhaps as a testiment to the quality of LCD, the rest of the LCD still works great, and I use it indoors for testing!