• Combining the Pieces

    ethan.dicks06/13/2014 at 03:53 0 comments

    Quick update - I managed to get all the parts in the same room and now have the DS1307 attached to the LCD12864 shield and am ready to begin coding.

  • The LCD has arrived at last!

    ethan.dicks05/13/2014 at 03:41 0 comments

    After being backordered for several weeks, the LCD12864 has finally arrived from Shanghai.  Step one is getting some demo code to display some trivial text and bitmaps.

  • LCD12864 on backorder

    ethan.dicks03/19/2014 at 15:55 0 comments

    I finally got an update on the contest results: the LCD12864 shield is on backorder and should ship sometime in April.  In the meantime, I may get things rolling by taking a stab at building an interim clock with something I have on-hand, either a 2x16 HD44780 textual LCD or a different GLCD type (ks0108).

  • Kicking off the Icon Alarm Clock

    ethan.dicks03/10/2014 at 16:23 0 comments

    The inspiration for starting this project is winning the February Free Trial from DFRobots.com

    http://www.dfrobot.com/community/february-free-trial-results.html

    The prize, an LCD12864, should be shipping soon on a slow boat from Hong Kong, but I'm not waiting for it to arrive.  I already have one of their older products, an LCD Keypad Shield with a 16x2 HD44780 textual LCD on it with individual tactile switches instead of a digital joystick, but it's a good starting point for the main loop and the non-GLCD code.