Hey all I am looking into building a project for my company that would better help them lower the errors of workers when choosing parts.
What I need to accomplish is a way to have a small LCD screen (which I would like color so it would show up when on) on each part (60 parts) and depending on what needs to be chosen, only show the number of qty of part(s) needed while the other LCD screens are off. So only LCD screens that are on are the only ones they need to go to and pick up the part.
I know how to go about this the simple way. Just hook up an LED light to each of the 60 parts and only turn the LED light on that they need a part to pick up. But problem with that is that they may need more than 1 qty for each part thats light up.
So as an example lets say we have all 60 blue LEDs (A blue LED for each part). I would use an Arduino Mega to trigger each LED that needs to be on via the digital pins that the LEDs would be connected to on the Arduino board.
But as I stated above, I cannot tell the user how many QTY there is doing just the LED way (of course I could use RGB LEDs but thats way too many wires to hook up!!!)
So my question is: What products can I look for that would be similar to what I am looking to do? Is it possible to drive 60 LCDs with a qty number displayed on them via an Arduino without having a massive amount of wires to hook up?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
David
What I need to accomplish is a way to have a small LCD screen (which I would like color so it would show up when on) on each part (60 parts) and depending on what needs to be chosen, only show the number of qty of part(s) needed while the other LCD screens are off. So only LCD screens that are on are the only ones they need to go to and pick up the part.
I know how to go about this the simple way. Just hook up an LED light to each of the 60 parts and only turn the LED light on that they need a part to pick up. But problem with that is that they may need more than 1 qty for each part thats light up.
So as an example lets say we have all 60 blue LEDs (A blue LED for each part). I would use an Arduino Mega to trigger each LED that needs to be on via the digital pins that the LEDs would be connected to on the Arduino board.
But as I stated above, I cannot tell the user how many QTY there is doing just the LED way (of course I could use RGB LEDs but thats way too many wires to hook up!!!)
So my question is: What products can I look for that would be similar to what I am looking to do? Is it possible to drive 60 LCDs with a qty number displayed on them via an Arduino without having a massive amount of wires to hook up?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
David