Kodi support for LCD Smartie
KODI4SMARTIE is a DLL for LCD Smartie (http://lcdsmartie.sourceforge.net/) that allows information about what is playing in Kodi (http://kodi.tv) to be displayed on an LCD Character display. See the LCD Smartie web site for supported devices.
Windows 7 x64
LCD Smartie 5.4
Kodi v17.0 (Krypton)
2x20 Blue back-lit character display using a SPLC780C (HD44780 compatible) controller
PIC LCD Backpack (http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/PIC_LCD_backpack)
I connect directly to one of the USB headers on my motherboard.
NOTE: If you are not connecting the PIC LCD Backpack directly to your motherboard then make sure you have the proper cable. The PIC LCD Backpack uses a MINI-B USB cable, not a MICRO-B USB cable. The MICRO-B USB cables are the standard these days and will not fit the PIC LCD Backpack. It is a close fit but will not work.
Kodi4Smartie uses the C++ REST SDK (https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk/).