Quote Originally Posted by karenhornby View Post
I'll either just use a standard lcd (which I have) and use longer wires and see if it works
Probably won't work reliably with any sort of distance between point A and point B.

or as I'm about to go check the info you suggested I may make my own serial interface (then got to learn how to program/use serial lol)
The serial LCD is a piece of cake and the code is right there at that link...some tweaking for your needs and you're in there.

unless anyone comes up with other ideas.. all welcome
just out of curiousity, how easy is it to use an i2c bus? I see chips on ebay that "aparently" connect direct to a parallel lcd but the input is just i2c ?
I2C bus? Not so easy. PBP only 'speaks' I2C Master, not slave, at least not without a lot of effort. An I2C LCD on eBay? Don't think I've seen those yet... Serial...Yes. I2C sounds like more trouble than it's worth.