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The display used for the system is a Seiko 40*2 LCD Text display. It uses the very common Hitachi HD44780 interface controller, which works
nicely wired up to the computers parallel port. It has a built in yellow/green LED backlight which is essential for night driving. As the pictures show the display has been
mounted just front of the gearshift in a recess built into the Suzuki dash, made from 3MM MDF board covered in thin black carpet. It seems to match the car interior rather well.
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The LCD was wired to the pc through 12 core computer cable and attached to the LCD using a IDC style connector from an old IDE cable. Works much nicer than trying
to solder wires directly to the LCD circuit board, since you find that after a while the wires start to break off to cause some headaches. The cable is about 4 metres to the
back of the car but the LCD still works great over this long distance. I think using shielded cable plays a big role in this.
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