Something I am working on

[Crsarmv7l]

Seems like it has been a while since @ea posted. I saw the RFM69/lora comment in another issue, so I am sure he has done much more than is on here and I get it, explore and creating stuff is fun....maintaining code and dealing with issues not so much.

For a while now I have been working on a CC1101 and ESP32 based low cost + most of rfcat capabilities and syntax. Since I am ~90% complete I grabbed one of these. I figure screen/keyboard + my code could make for a nice and cheap all in one. Plus I needed a distraction since I lost my old puppy.

My plan is to avoid the bootloader to save some space, and hopefully be able to port my code to take keyboard input and display outputs on this display. Radiolib is fairly large though and I am using that so a bit concerned there, and I will need to connect the CC1101 GDO2, for which I was thinking of using Q1 which looks to be ATmega128RFA1 pin 49.

Anyway if you are still around, I would appreciate thoughts on Q1, but thanks for the idea!

[ea3iav]

It is frustrating to try to install the bootloader. I have tryes so many times with no success

[ea]

Hi , thanks for the interest in this old project.
I guess the empty Q1 place would be fine for your project.

What problems did you have trying to install the bootloader ?

[Crsarmv7l]

Hi , thanks for the interest in this old project. I guess the empty Q1 place would be fine for your project.

What problems did you have trying to install the bootloader ?

Gotta love cheap, easily available hardware, makes it worth it to try even if it does/doesn't work out. Let me preface this question by saying "I haven't tried yet," but I was hoping you could give me an insight in writing to the screen.

The row param is pretty self explanatory, the column part seems odd. Is the screen divided kinda like a tick-tack-toe grid? Or is it an either row or column? How many char's fit in a row?