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[bill.french]

I etched a shield that can take two different LCD screens:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10168 (monochrome, about $10)
...and...
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10090 (color, about $32)
It also includes a 5 way tactile switch:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10063

Attached is the etch pdf from Fritzing if anyone cares to make one themselves.

Here's some pics:
1. With the color screen, running a simple drawing program I made up using the joystick:

2. With the B&W screen:

3. The shield with no screens:

4. The copper side, my technique has really improved:

Attached Files

•  LCD-Sheild-1_etch.pdf   7.97KB   22 downloads

[Jarrod Sinclair]

hey bill... looks great!!! quest question how many i/o ports does the 5 way switch use?

[bill.french]

I have it using 5 ports, one for each position. There are two options that I might try out in another etch: 1. Using resistors and an analog port 2. The uLCD-144 actually has the capability to take read the joystick using method 1, in which case it won't use any io ports.

[fileark]

Bill, I see you are using the Nokia 5110/3310 LCD screen from sparkfun.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10168 (monochrome, about $10)

Do you have or know of code to drive this LCD screen? I have some but am lost on how to start using them with the Netduino.

EDIT:
Well I did find some code here trying it out at the moment.