Acidmank Posted July 22, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 22, 2020 Hi All. I would like to add a small LCD or Character display to the front of my case that displays the Nas stats. Maybe and IP address, free space status etc. I was thinking this could be powered / driven from usb and installed into a 5.1/4 bay Anyone know how i would achieve this? or even where to start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted July 22, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 22, 2020 Something like this, write scripts to push data to USB? http://www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/usb-displays/yocto-display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidmank Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, flyride said: Something like this, write scripts to push data to USB? http://www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/usb-displays/yocto-display Basically yes. I believe there are many usb character / graphic displays that should do the trick. Many questions need answering how can i read the info? how can i address the usb port? how do i send the data to the device? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted July 22, 2020 Share #4 Posted July 22, 2020 You're asking a lot of general questions that need your own research. Suffice it to say that it is all possible. USB devices are addressable in Linux via /dev To get you started: df will show you space stats. ifconfig will show you IP address information. You're going to need to learn some Linux shell scripting, and some utilities. I suggest spending some time learning grep, awk, cut in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidmank Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, flyride said: You're asking a lot of general questions that need your own research. Suffice it to say that it is all possible. USB devices are addressable in Linux via /dev To get you started: df will show you space stats. ifconfig will show you IP address information. You're going to need to learn some Linux shell scripting, and some utilities. I suggest spending some time learning grep, awk, cut in particular. Im not afraid of learning and diving in. I just need a place to start Thanks for the insights. Edited July 22, 2020 by Acidmank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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