Yes, I've found the serial version.
The software that is available includes Windows AND Linux. I don't believe that there is an Android driver but who knows.
Even if serial is "easier" (or perhaps possible), there still are challenges in terms of code to display the serial stream that is coming from the pad.
Any thoughts on "easiest" way of accomplishing this?
Thanks for your thoughts guys,
Doug
(BTW, I"ve got some PIC 16F628 source code that does work with a fairly obscure 128x64 serial LCD module with some memory on board, if that would be useful)