i made the code for this LCD as a seperate file, and just "include"d it into the main program. its actually the first time i have used the include command. now that i think about it, i should make sure i labelled all my ports properly for the display.

i know there is cheap parrallel displays around that are 2x8 or 2x10, so i might think about one of them...

ive been thinking about redesigning it and including some other stuff that i would like too. there is going to be a parallax GPS in this project, and i need to do some calculations for directions, so i need to use arctan. i think it might be easier to include a math coprocessor to do the calculations... i would also like to change the voltage regulatorto something that can supply more current, since im using the same supply for multiple things.

i will probably get this thing going and use it to test all the other "bits" i want to add, then after i have things working, i will make a new design and include more stuff.