That's right, the EZ-B now has TellyMate support. The TellyMate board is an add-on you may purchase from most online electronic hobby supply shops. The tutorial provides a direct link to purchase from HVW Tech.
The TellyMate will interface the EZ-B with your Television. You will be able to output ascii text directly to the TV screen. This will come in handy for robots that will sport larger LCD TV's. Get a LCD from a cheap portable DVD player and attach it to your robot with the TellyMate and EZ-B. Sweet!
The TellyMate will interface the EZ-B with your Television. You will be able to output ascii text directly to the TV screen. This will come in handy for robots that will sport larger LCD TV's. Get a LCD from a cheap portable DVD player and attach it to your robot with the TellyMate and EZ-B. Sweet!
DJ i look at your tutorial on using tellymate with EZB and loved the idea,but question is how do you use it.
I went to your link where it says read full article but no info on tellymate
I JUST ordered one sparkfun and would like to get more info on how to use it.
www.batsocks.co.uk/products/Other/TellyMate.htm
The tiny version looks interesting.
That post is from 2010, before ARC existed. The Telemate is part of the EZ-SDK. However, it's easy to use in ARC. Simply reference the manual and use the EZ-Script SendSerial() command
OK thanks willl give it a try in 1 week when i get it it,want to add it to my doctor who K9 dog with a tv screen,to make him more like in the movies
Very cool. It'll be easy with sendserial()
I guess graphics cant be used on it,just a thought,sendserial looks much easy then I2C BUSS ALSO.
But i wont know till i give it a try.
I totally forgot about this feature! I knew there was a reason I built the 7 inch LCD into dusty and Jarvis torso
TellyMate
The EZ-B has support for the TellyMate board. The TellyMate sends text and graphics to a TV. The TellyMate connects to the port RD2 on the EZ-B.
https://synthiam.com/tutorials/Hardware.aspx?id=11
TellyMate
@jstarne1 - Did you ever get a TellyMate? The TellyMate looks simple to get up and running compared to a serial 2x16 LCD module.
You just connect it to any TV or LCD-screen that supports RCA-style jacks for video signal, right?
And the other end to any EZ-B digital serial port to send serial commands?
Anyone else have any experience to share using a TellyMate with EZ-B? Love to hear about it. Thanks!