sources of lcdproc?

trex_daemon · September 5, 2017 at 7:28 AM

Hello.

I'm courious about the location from where the sources of lcdproc binaries are built.

I'm asking because I would like to submit a patch for the HD44780 driver to support brightness control for the VFD displays based on the PT6314 IC.
Like this one:

VFD-AC-1602H-BG-5V ARTRONIC

I've checked on github the libreelec repo, but I see only some patches and the service files, no sources are stored.

**vpeter** · September 5, 2017 at 8:03 AM

GitHub - lcdproc/lcdproc commit 466edd3

as you can see in LibreELEC.tv/package.mk at master · GitHub

trex_daemon · September 5, 2017 at 8:42 AM

Thanks!

trex_daemon · September 5, 2017 at 12:03 PM

I've requested a pull request into git. Hopefully they'll add my modification.

This will support the backlight brightess change of the VFD displays based on the PT6314 IC.

This is compatible with the popular HD44780 IC, but it's made for VFD displays .

But compared to a classical LCD, where the backlight is and LED, the VFD have 3 brightness levels and they can be adjusted by writing into one of the additional registers.