Harvey,
? I looked up LCARS with Google and although it didn't have anything at the top from Amazon I dug further and found a few things. Even a mod for the Android to have the phone set up like Star Trek. Pretty neat stuff. Looks like a major task to undertake but I am sure you will get it done. All of the technical explanation is above my pay grade at first, but I did a little googling to understand what you are saying. And it's still above my pay grade. :-) I wish you luck on the project.
Thanks,
Dave
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On 11/2/2019 5:08 PM, Harvey White wrote:
Google LCARS.? The first thing to come up is that you can buy LCARS on amazon.? I so love brainless ads and bots.
Yep, it's the computer system in Star Trek, the Next Generation. It has a particular look to it that I'm copying in my own graphics primitives.? Designing something that does a radiused corner is fun, with a radiused fillet, too.
Just got finished putting a *theme* into play, so I can call up different color schemes as needed.
Currently, the basic board drives a 320 * 240 LCD TFT display. Using an S1D13781 (Epson), I can use the same SPI interface to drive a VGA display, since the Chinese board had its own driver. It's a straight plugin physically, and of course, needs completely different drivers.
Next project is to use the graphics DMA engine (rather limited) in an ST F7 processor to do much the same thing.? Since its memory mapped rather than SPI interfaced, all I need to do is feed the processor graphics commands and it ought to be done faster.
We'll see how well that one works.? Got the driver for that written, but not debugged.
Harvey
On 11/2/2019 2:40 PM, Dave wrote:
On 11/2/2019 12:12 PM, Harvey White wrote:
Some groups are immediate, it seems, some may not be.
Yesterday and one other time recently they seemed broke and too k many hours to get my messages. Maybe Cox or someone else had a hand in it but when I called them they said they were having no problems. But we know how that goes...
?Well I got the boom and the ring light, and the Metcal. And the Panavise. That Metcal heats up fast! And I figured you would be busy with your pc boards and your drilling rig. How did that turnout?
The automatic positioner is still sitting there, mostly put together, most of the software is written.? I did get diverted onto another project, and just added a plugin card that simulates a Chinese made 320 x 240 TFT display, but drives an 8 inch TFT VGA display.
So right now, I'm adding color themes to the display.? I'll be duplicating (to an extent) the ST TNG LCARS display format. Ought to be fun.? Got a bunch of boards to put together for now.
Harvey
Too many projects, so little time. I know the feeling. Is the "ST TNG LCARS" something to do with Star Trek?
Dave
