TroyO
02-11-2010, 02:51 PM
OK, I think this is cool... no one else may, LOL.
It's the OSRAM SCE5780, which is an 8 character 5x7 dot matrix display that .45" x 1.7". It's serial, so you could use a microcontroller to scroll letters down the display. It uses about 5 wires to communicate.
It's not much bigger than the bargraphs (IE Battery level indicators) that some people have put in hilts before so it should be doable.
Down side... $50... ouch.
"Welcome, my master. Who would you like to slay today?"
http://catalog.osram-os.com/catalogue/catalogue.do;jsessionid=F2775B03811449F884F7B82D3A D61C91?act=downloadFile&favOid=020000020003fead000100b6
It's the OSRAM SCE5780, which is an 8 character 5x7 dot matrix display that .45" x 1.7". It's serial, so you could use a microcontroller to scroll letters down the display. It uses about 5 wires to communicate.
It's not much bigger than the bargraphs (IE Battery level indicators) that some people have put in hilts before so it should be doable.
Down side... $50... ouch.
"Welcome, my master. Who would you like to slay today?"
http://catalog.osram-os.com/catalogue/catalogue.do;jsessionid=F2775B03811449F884F7B82D3A D61C91?act=downloadFile&favOid=020000020003fead000100b6