/* HCMS29xx Display Language: Arduino/Wiring Displays a string on an Avago HCMS-297x display and fades it up and down. http://wiring.org.co/learning/reference/String.html created 10 Apr 2009 modified 11 March 2010 by Tom Igoe */ #include // Define pins for the LED display. // You can change these, just re-wire your board: #define dataPin 6 // connects to the display's data in #define registerSelect 7 // the display's register select pin #define clockPin 8 // the display's clock pin #define enable 9 // the display's chip enable pin #define reset 10 // the display's reset pin #define displayLength 8 // number of characters in the display // create am instance of the LED display library: LedDisplay myDisplay = LedDisplay(dataPin, registerSelect, clockPin, enable, reset, displayLength); int brightness = 15; // screen brightness void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); // initialize the display library: myDisplay.begin(); } void loop() { for (int brightness = 0; brightness < 16; brightness++) { // set the display string brightness: myDisplay.setBrightness(brightness); // set the cursor to position 1: myDisplay.setCursor(1); // print to the display: myDisplay.print("Fading"); delay(50); } delay(100); for (int brightness = 15; brightness >= 0; brightness--) { // set the display string brightness: myDisplay.setBrightness(brightness); // set the cursor to position 1: myDisplay.setCursor(1); // print to the display: myDisplay.print("Fading"); delay(50); } delay(300); }