With a simple four wire connection and the code below, the Arduino can drive serial LCD displays. The main advantage of serial LCD's is that they are easier to wire up, since the Arduino talks to the LCD over a single pair of wires. This tutorial shows you how to connect a serial LCD made by Matrix Orbital to the Arduino. The code below lets you Only a few connenctions are necessary between the Arduino and the LCD: The display shown uses less than 100ma with the backlight on, so it can be connected straight to the Arduino's power supply. Note: the code below is for a non-inverted TTL serial signal. Some displays, like the one pictured above, have a jumper (J6 in this case) that you have to set in order for this to work. While this code is for a Matrix Orbital LCD0821 display, most other serial displays (Scott Edwards' "Serial Backpack", for example) will work in similar fashion, although you may have to change the serial speed, and the "XX" in the "254 XX" command sequence, for clearing the screen and the like.

If you bought a SparkFun LED, you should look at http://playground.arduino.cc/Learning/SparkFunSerLCD for the correct command codes. You will need to edit the clearLCD and the newLine methods and change the command codes.thinkpad professional backpack 4x40e77324 Once you wire the LCD to the Arduino and Upload this code, you'll see "Hello Arduino" on the display.lc2 backpackSonic Victory 75 - official Update. wkf backpackSo we would like to officially let everyone know that the recently found Sonix radio is coming to our community. backpack series pearson longmanOK, This is a project we got into quite late. The guy who found the radio was not a member of the community and was looking at every angle to get the max cash out of what he found.

It was like he won the lottery, he kinda did! I can't blame him for this at all, who would? It does mean that the deal to bring it to the community became quite complex and with some significant risk, which goes with large sums of money. We managed to team up with some well know Prop guys to make this happen. The upshot is we will be mirroring the deal offered to and by the United States maker. I am unsure at this time if any prices have been posted, I'll check with Woody and Gino, serving as the North American element of this project. It is important to say we had to ensure this, A - came to the community and B - was done right. We work with Woodman all the time, we know and trust him, so that made for a perfect synergy. Having two makers and sellers, one working for each major continent was the perfect route to take to allow these to move quickly and keep prices very reasonable, and avoid crazy customs charges. I hope you guys are as excited as we are about finally getting a hold of the correct size and detailed radio.

This is a found part thats been missing from our community for the 20 years the 501st has been in existence! What a great start to 2017 I am sure you will agree.Backpack FrameExternal Frame BackpackBackpack TieBackpack DesignEmergency BackpackSurvival BackpackBackwoods BackpackDays SurvivalSurvival KnotsForwardFrom Far Eastern Russia comes this primitive backpack design called a “Flyer” or "Pогулек" ~ Follow link for further fascinating info and graphics on the more primitive external frame packs, including a video on the Pогулек.Join Sara and I in Utah for a little high desert camping, hiking, and backpacking in Canyonlands National Park. For this adventure, we did a 2 day, 1 night backpacking trip through the Needles District of Utah’s Canyonlands National Park, followed by a little day hike visit to Arches National Park on the way back to Salt Lake City to catch our flight back home.  In fact, this was actually the first trip we’ve ever done via flight instead our usual road warrior routine.  

That being said, we still got at least a moderate dose of driving during this trip, as the drive from SLC airport to Moab and Arches NP is about 4 hours.  From there it was another 1.5 hour drive south to the Needles District, the southernmost district in Canyonlands. Full GPS track data and waypoints for this trip can be found on the Trip Data page. Parking Location:  Squaw Flat Trailhead ‘A’ 38.143017,-109.803700 Day 1 Trails Used (In Order) Camp at Lost Canyon Campsite 2 (LC2) Total Mileage: 6 miles Gross Elevation Gain: 768′ Gross Elevation Loss: 682′ It should be pointed out that campsites in the Needles district are restricted to designated areas only, and must be registered in advance.  This can can be done either online or in person at the visitor’s center and costs $30.  Since I live about 2,000 miles away, and spots tend fill up well in advance, I went the online route.  I reserved my spot about a month in advance and still managed to get the spot I was after, but I could see other areas that were already booked up pretty solid.  

When stopped in the visitor’s center on the day of our hike in, we caught a glimpse of the availability board and I was hard pressed to see any open spots, so reserving on the same day in person probably isn’t the best game plan.  The nice thing is, the spots seem to be nicely spread out.  For instance, there were three campsites in the entire Lost Canyon area that we chose to visit, with about a mile of trail in between them.  So, while we did have to be a bit more rigid in our planning than usual, and the $30 fee was definitely the highest I’ve ever paid for backcountry permit, we really did feel like we had a whole canyon to ourselves to call home for the afternoon and night.  The site was also tucked back a decent way off the main trail and situated with an amazing view.  I’m sure all the spots are awesome, but I would highly recommend LC2 to anyone on the fence about where to camp in Canyonlands.  It was a great spot. Speaking of things that make a campsite great, Lost canyon was one of the few areas in Canyonlands NP I could find in my research that had a high probability of reliable water.  

We crossed over several water sources within less that a mile of the campsite, due to the fact that the sites are located in the bottom of a relatively lush canyon within close proximity to the brook that runs though it.  It’s quite a stark contrast to the treeless universe or rock, sand and sun lying only a few hundred feet above.  It also didn’t hurt that the area experience some decent rains and flash flooding several days before.  I tagged a couple of these spots in a GPS file for this trip using my trusty Garmin Oregon 650, but keep in mind that water flow conditions could be much different depending on time of year and amount of recent rainfall.  If you’re planning your own adventure, I would definitely suggest more recent reports and / or just bringing enough water for the duration of your stay. Day 2 Trails Used (In Order) Return to Squaw Flat Trailhead A and parking lot. Total Mileage: 3.8 miles Gross Elevation Gain: 427′ Gross Elevation Loss: 440′