Im in the process of building this
http://www.gideontech.com/guides/lcd/
and Im looking for some potentiometers.
Anyone know a good place to buy some nice ones I can put knobs on?
I want to put some knobs on my dash to adjust the brightness/contrast as needed but am having trouble locating 2 that are similar. I dont want big ones, small ones will do as long as there is enough room for the posts to go through plastic for mounting.
Ive went to my local Radio Shack, but they didnt have the sizes I need unfortunatley.
Ive tried all electronics, but they only have large ones in the sizes I need. Any help would be appreciated.
2011 Nissan Frontier SL
AMD X3 2.2 | M4-ATX | 16Gb SSD | 2GB DDR3-1333 | MSI GF615M-P33 MB
OBDPROS USB | BU-303 GPS l LILLIPUT TS | Car2PC adapter | XM Direct | USB Dual band N with custom mag-mount antenna.
Thanks, problem is, Im no electronics guru. I'll try and figure it out.
Anyone know the wattage I should get?
2011 Nissan Frontier SL
AMD X3 2.2 | M4-ATX | 16Gb SSD | 2GB DDR3-1333 | MSI GF615M-P33 MB
OBDPROS USB | BU-303 GPS l LILLIPUT TS | Car2PC adapter | XM Direct | USB Dual band N with custom mag-mount antenna.
for the LCD, 2W should be suffisent. The wattage of the amp is mainly how many power it can support. If you get it too low, it will overheat, just like resistors.
if you can get 3W or more, its not bad, just more expansive.
-Mars
Ive built same LCD before, fairly simple job
for the software im using LCD Smartie
its been almost 2yrs and everything works fine (btw its on 24/7 with few breaks)
EDIT:
for the electronic stuff i go to mouser.com
Danny.
"If today was perfect, there would be no need for tomorrow."
My Car Project® ‹== !10.4" Allbrite, touchscreen, epia, 150opus, gps, wireless, sony remote [old] 128x64 Crystalfontz +double din [new]
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