Wow! Cheap auxiliary LCD display.

**JillSwift** · September 14th, 2008

I gotta get me one of these toys:
http://www.mini-box.com/PicoLCD-4X20-Sideshow

With Vista's "SideShow" technology not really catching on, these li'l critters are getting cheap. This one caught my eye because it comes with an OpenSource SDK and Linux "drivers". =^_^=

**klange** · September 14th, 2008

Hmm. Interesting. Might get one of these for the DVR I'm building...

Got just the thing to put on it:

Code:

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**OutOfReach** · September 14th, 2008

Very cool little device, I wonder, I just wonder if I could use Python on it.

**JillSwift** · September 14th, 2008

Originally Posted by OutOfReach

Very cool little device, I wonder, I just wonder if I could use Python on it.

I'd bet you could. As I understand it, these things are basic i/o over USB.

**OutOfReach** · September 14th, 2008

I would probably buy one if these, if I could use Python with it.

**MaxIBoy** · September 14th, 2008

Check and see if someone has made Python bindings for the SDK.

**Brunellus** · September 16th, 2008

shouldn't be too hard to figure out. The manual shows "Linux installation" on what appears to be a default Ubuntu desktop!

http://resources.mini-box.com/online...how-manual.pdf

And if you are really interested, the drivers and source code are here:

http://www.picolcd.com/drivers/?ck=S...5&cart=3785718