Issue
158 September 2003
The
XY-Plotter
Drive
High-Resolution LCDs For Less
Mad
Dash for Flash Cash Contest Winner
SOURCES
AND PDF
Download
the PDF of this article.
Robert
Lacoste lives near Paris, France. He has 15 years of
experience working on innovative real-time software
and embedded systems. Specialized in cost-optimized
mixed-signal designs, he has won over a dozen international
design contests. Robert currently manages his own design
and consulting company. You can reach him at rlacoste@alciom.com
or www.alciom.com.
PROJECT
FILES
To
download the code, go to ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2003/158.
RESOURCES
8
× 12 Character set, www.sxlist.com/ techref/datafile/charset/8x12.htm.
Epsom
A0635-2 LCD Preliminary specification, www.supelec-rennes.
fr/ren/fi/elec/ftp/lcd/a0635.pdf.
R.
Fosler and R. Richey, A FLASH Bootloader for PIC16
and PIC18 Devices, AN851, Microchip Technology,
Inc., 2002.
D.
Jones, “Binary to Decimal Conversion in Limited Precision,”
The University of Iowa, www.cs.uiowa. edu/~jones/bcd/decimal.html,
1999.
Microchip
Technology, Inc., PIC18FXX2 Data Sheet: High Performance,
Enhanced FLASH Microcontrollers with 10-Bit A/D,
DS39564B, 2002.
SOURCES
ECM-A0635-2
LCD
Epson Europe Electronics
+49 89 14005-0
http://www.epson-electronics.de/
MCP1541
Voltage reference, MCP6022 analog amplifier,
PIC18F252 microcontroller
Microchip
Technology, Inc.
(480)
786-7200
http://www.microchip.com/
LMC6462
Op-amp
National
Semiconductor Corp.
(800)
272-9959
www.national.com
