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 Post subject: USB 2 LPT Converter
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 18:15 
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I was just curious if anybody has tried to connect a display to a USB 2 LPT converter like the ones available at CableMax.

Please let me know if this is successful or not before I purchase.

If nobody has tried yet I will but would like to know if a attempt has already been made.


Link to site with converters >>>>
http://www.cablemax.com/search-1-2.cfm?ss=usb+printer


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 20:06 
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USB to LPT adapters often create a "software" LPT port that is only usable for printers and I don't remember anyone reporting success using these with parallel lcds. So my guess would be they won't work but who knows maybe they would...


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there are some converters that are basing on cypress an2135/31....
The Problem: Only available in japanese


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then lets 100 from japan and sell the i think its many who would buy then i would but 2 1 for my 320x240 and one matbe for the future if i get a 640x400 lcd :P


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I know this is an old post but it is fairly important.

If you have access to a cypress programmer and know someone that can make smd pcbs then you can make a fully emulated usb->parallel port adapter. Check it out here.


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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2007 16:27 
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jeremy wrote:
I know this is an old post but it is fairly important.

If you have access to a cypress programmer and know someone that can make smd pcbs then you can make a fully emulated usb->parallel port adapter. Check it out here.



Having used this firmware (usb2lpt2.iic) with one if these boards http://3layer.eu/development.html I could hardly recommend this converter.
In one test, using WinIO/LPT and a KS based 128x64 LCD (with CMD/Data delays removed) I could achieve around 300fps but with the above converter this dropped to around 35fps, and in some cases ~2fps

Bastelecke's converter is fine if all you're doing is basic printing or JTAG/PIC programming but with anything requiring a stream of data then forget it.

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