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In modern day technologies, everything has gotten smaller especially storage drives. M.2 NVMe SSDs are the size of a gum stick, which is quickly being adopted due its smaller form factor and the insane performance. NVMe SSDs supports transfer rates over 5 times faster. However, with higher amount of speed comes with overheating issues that need to be carefully monitored at all times especially working under heavy load. Therefore, we have developed a solution to monitor drives real-time temperature at a quick glance by the built-in LED screen and trays has integrated aluminum heat sink for maximum passive heat dispersion. The CP091, allows storages of two M.2 NVMe drives in a single 3.5" drive bay, perfect for small form factor PCs with tight spaces. The drives can also be used for RAID functionality using your system"s with built-in controllers, giving you the flexibility to choose between RAID 1 (SAFE) and RAID 0 (FAST) for optimized speed and performance. The key lock locks both trays allow drives to be secured, to prevent accidental ejections and unauthorized physical access. Rear connectors uses SlimSAS 8i, allowing each drive to go at 64Gbps speed. All metal trays are enclosed in a full metal cage for maximum durability suitable for any rugged or physical environment.

This time, we’re checking out their LCD screen for monitoring PC h/w data, the HM70 FLIP. This manufacturer’s subsequent attempt at the hardware monitors niche. We already covered the HM101, one of the first ones of its type, and earned an “Approved” award. Overall this German company was known mainly for their fan controllers – something that’s seldom used anymore because most motherboards have fan headers now. There are hardly any cases with 5.25” drive bays. That’s probably the reason for changing the focus of their new products, with different sizes and screen ratios, with or without touch control or the way of “opening” the display.

Why we’re mentioning the last feature? That’s because some time ago, Lamptron introduced the HM070 Lift, which went a step further, providing a motorized housing that raises the screen with the press of a button. The HM070 Flip it’s a bit different because, as the name suggests – the LCD goes out with some rotation. The size of both products are similar (about 180 x 130 x 30 mm), and the display has precisely the exact resolution. For a 7”, it’s not too dense, as it’s 1024x600 pixels (with a 60 Hz refresh rate). The type of matrix is not given, but looking at an 80 degrees visible angle – probably it’s “only” a TN (that’s a pity, the HM101 had an IPS display with 178º). The idea of this thing flipping down and giving you CPU temps or GPU usage is an excellent little bit of kit for the guy with a custom water-cooling loop and the latest hardware. The Lamptron LCD monitor also includes a remote control, is powered by a 5V micro-USB connector, and uses HDMI for the video. The Lamptron LCD monitor has full AIDA64 integration.

Тhis time I will present you a simple way to control 16x2 LCD Display via Windows PC software. For this purpose, we use an Arduino microcontroller, which in this case has the function of an interface between the Display and the USB port of the Computer. Also the LCD display can be controlled directly through the LPT port, but nowadays that port is no longer used and has been replaced by USB.

I use Open Source software for Windows LCD Smartie that you can use to show lots of different types of information on your LCD or VFD. The program has built in support for many systems statistics (i.e. cpu load, network utilization, free disk space...), downloading RSS feeds, Winamp integration and support for several other popular applications. Supported devices include displays based on the Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller like in our case, the Matrix Orbital Serial/USB LCD, and Palm OS devices.

- Arduino microcontroller, and LCD display which are connected according to the given schematic diagram, and it is powered directly from the USB port.

I mounted the device in a box from a previous project, and is a stand-alone device that can be placed on top of the computer case or somewhere else. Оtherwise the original idea was to mount the LCD screen to the plastic of 5.25-Inch drive bay and be an integral part of the PC.

First, we unpack the .zip archive into a specific folder. Then the LCDT.dll matrix orbital driver should be placed in the "displays" folder. This is actually a driver for the 16x2 LCD display. You can download these archives at the link below. Next, we start the program and select the LCD display plugin, then we set the startup parameters according to the port occupied by the Arduino microcontroller. Now the simplest option is to enter some text in these fields which actually represent the two rows of the LCD display. If we have connected everything exactly according to the instructions, when we press the apply button, the written text should appear on the LCD display. Lcd Smartier has built in support for many systems statistics (i.e. cpu load, network utilization, free disk space, Winamp integration, BBC World News, Email details, game stats, and many more. It is also possible to integrate several different plugins that can be downloaded from the official site and forums. As for the Arduino, the given code should be uploaded, but I should mention that the code is compiled with the LiquidCrystal-1.0.0 Library which you can also download from the link below. LCD Smartie also has support for the popular Winamp player software.