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Combining the Pieces
06/13/2014 at 03:53 • 0 commentsQuick 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.
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The LCD has arrived at last!
05/13/2014 at 03:41 • 0 commentsAfter 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.
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LCD12864 on backorder
03/19/2014 at 15:55 • 0 commentsI 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).
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Kicking off the Icon Alarm Clock
03/10/2014 at 16:23 • 0 commentsThe inspiration for starting this project is winning the February Free Trial from DFRobots.com
http://www.dfrobot.com/community/february-free-trial-results.htmlThe 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.