These days, you can buy full graphical LCD or OLED displays for just a few dollars. However, if you’re so inclined, you can actually get your own segmented LCDs made to suit your own projects. [Icoso ...

The structure of a segmented LCD display essentially consists of the components featured in Figure 1. It includes: two polarizers rotated 90 degrees from each other to polarize light coming into the ...

Liquid Crystal Displays (or LCDs) are widely used these days for visual display of data. They are controlled by a microcontroller/microprocessor. A typical LCD ...

Hackers are often of the sentimental type, falling in love with the look and feel of quality old hardware. Of course, sometimes that older hardware needs a little TLC to keep it running in the modern ...