Dale Parfitt wrote:


..I appreciate all the comments. The glass cases of the LCD- aside from

being large, is a bit fragile. This is going in a very small trail ready
radio- that may have to survive falls from 3000' rock cliffs. Already lost
an LCD that way.

Dale W4OP

Wow
I suspect not much would survive that sort of fall
My counter at http://members.iinet.net.au/~richardh/VK6BRO.htm
takes less than 10 mA
The LCD module is probably as rugged as a LED setup, particularly if you
have to mount individual displays and drivers opn a board
Unfortunately I have sold all the current boards but the software and
circuitry is there.
It uses a AVR rather than a PIC

Richard