<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Certainly seems like an active group, which I'm glad to see! Sorry I missed the Pure Data sessions - those sound very intriguing.<div><br></div><div>I'd be interested in a regular meeting to explore arduino as well, but probably couldn't come more than every other week. </div><div><br></div><div>For now, though, I have a question that's related. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them!</div><div><br></div><div>I've done the basic blinking and fading light things on the arduino and now I'm trying to control a 16x1 LCD display. I've seen some tutorials on the web, and I know that there's an LCD script library that comes with the development environment. I have the example (usual "hello world") script and hooked it up with all the pins connected correctly, but it's not working (well, the back light comes on, but that's it...). </div><div><br></div><div>I'm stumped about one of the pins on the LCD I have, which is not mentioned in any of the tutorials - the spec sheet calls it Vo: the supply voltage for driving the LCD (separate from the +5v supply voltage for the logic). The specs say it takes a variable voltage, but +1v typical. Anyone know anything about how or if that should be connected?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 23 Jun 2009, at 15:00 | 23 Jun 2009, ben dembroski wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hi all.<br><br>I'm afraid that I'm one of those emersed in a PhD. I don't have much to offer by way of structured materials, but if anyone is interested, I'd be happy to make my patches / code / whatever available. (It's all GPL'd anyway). Mostly, i've worked on interfacing arduino's with Pure Data, but I've done a little work with Arduino's as stand-alones as well.<br> <br>That said, I'm certainly intending on doing some more workshops once my calendar clears a little. Sad to say, that at this rate it probably won't happen until early next year (barring a minor miracle).<br><br> In the meantime, if people have specfic questions, maybe we can at least offer pointers in the right direction.<br><br>--<br>Ben Dembroski <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/23 Arxontis Politis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deadflagblue@gmail.com">deadflagblue@gmail.com</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Ben (Dembroski) also had a series of workshops early this year on arduino and communication with Pd (puredata) mostly for arts students, so mostly focused on media/audio/visual artistic programming.<br> And his own work with arduino and pd is great. I don't know if he has any presentations or tutorials available but you can maybe ask him, he should be watching the list...<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/23 Seb Bacon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seb.bacon@gmail.com" target="_blank">seb.bacon@gmail.com</a>></span><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I wouldn't be able to make it until next week, and I need an arduino first... :)<br> <br> seb<br> <br> 2009/6/23 makerfair <<a href="mailto:mcmadsat09-makerfairglasgow@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">mcmadsat09-makerfairglasgow@yahoo.co.uk</a>>:<br> <div><div></div><div>> I have to do a civic welcome this evening but will pop in after and see if<br> > youse all are still knitting.<br> ><br> > Regards<br> > Nina Baker<br> ><br> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> > Being a councillor:<br> > <a href="http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Council_Committees/Councillors/w10c2694.htm" target="_blank">http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Council_Committees/Councillors/w10c2694.htm</a><br> > My steampunk blog: <a href="http://greensteampunk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://greensteampunk.blogspot.com/</a><br> > Maker fair blog: <a href="http://mcmadsat.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://mcmadsat.blogspot.com/</a><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --- On Tue, 23/6/09, Seb Bacon <<a href="mailto:seb.bacon@gmail.com" target="_blank">seb.bacon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > From: Seb Bacon <<a href="mailto:seb.bacon@gmail.com" target="_blank">seb.bacon@gmail.com</a>><br> > Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] Arduino for beginners - Re: new member Brian<br> > To: "Discussion list for the Electron Club" <<a href="mailto:members@electronclub.org" target="_blank">members@electronclub.org</a>><br> > Date: Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 12:44 PM<br> ><br> > That tutorial looks great.<br> ><br> > I'm up for setting up a regular session (weekly? biweekly?) to work on<br> > and learn Arduino stuff with others. Tuesdays are good for me<br> > (traditional Leccie Knitters night). I can't start for a couple of<br> > weeks though.<br> ><br> > How many others are interested?<br> ><br> > Seb<br> ><br> > 2009/6/23 Simon Yuill <<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org" target="_blank">simon@lipparosa.org</a>>:<br> >> Hi,<br> >><br> >> Lady Ada makes a beginner's kit for Arduino as well as tutorials to go<br> >> with it:<br> >><br> >> <a href="http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/" target="_blank">http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/</a><br> >><br> >> The Leccie Knitters were doing co-learning sessions with Arduino at the<br> >> Electron Club, the main people doing that are both tied up in PhD work<br> >> right now, but no reason why these could not be revived by others if<br> >> there is a common interest.<br> >><br> >> best wishes<br> >> Si<br> >><br> >><br> >> makerfair wrote:<br> >>> I know absolutely zero about arduino but have seen a number of enticing<br> >>> projects around. Is there any chance someone (James?) would be able to<br> >>> source beginners kits and lead novices like me by the hand through<br> >>> building and programming some simple thing?<br> >>><br> >>> Regards<br> >>> *Nina Baker*<br> >>><br> >>><br> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> >>> Being a councillor:<br> >>><br> >>> <a href="http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Council_Committees/Councillors/w10c2694.htm" target="_blank">http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Council_Committees/Councillors/w10c2694.htm</a><br> >>> My steampunk blog: <a href="http://greensteampunk.blogspot.com/**" target="_blank">http://greensteampunk.blogspot.com/**</a><br> >>> *Maker fair blog: **<a href="http://mcmadsat.blogspot.com/*" target="_blank">http://mcmadsat.blogspot.com/*</a><br> >>><br> >>> <<a href="http://www.instructables.com/tag/?q=greensteam&limit%3Atype%3Aid=on&type%3Aid=on&type%3Auser=on&type%3Acomment=on&type%3Agroup=on&type%3AforumTopic=on&sort=none" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/tag/?q=greensteam&limit%3Atype%3Aid=on&type%3Aid=on&type%3Auser=on&type%3Acomment=on&type%3Agroup=on&type%3AforumTopic=on&sort=none</a>><br> >>> *//*<br> >>><br> >>><br> >>> --- On *Tue, 23/6/09, Simon Yuill /<<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org" target="_blank">simon@lipparosa.org</a>>/* wrote:<br> >>><br> >>><br> >>> From: Simon Yuill <<a href="mailto:simon@lipparosa.org" target="_blank">simon@lipparosa.org</a>><br> >>> Subject: [ELECTRON] new member Brian<br> >>> To: "Electron Club members" <<a href="mailto:members@electronclub.org" target="_blank">members@electronclub.org</a>><br> >>> Date: Tuesday, 23 June, 2009, 9:48 AM<br> >>><br> >>> A big hello to Brian Hewitt who says:<br> >>><br> >>> Hello. 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