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- #include <LiquidCrystalFast.h>
- // Try to exercise everything in LiquidCrystalFast for test purposes--: You should be able to modify the first 4 lines
- // of code to test different options and swap LCD boards (with contrast potentiometers attached directly) by plugging them directly
- // into the row of digital sockets on the Mega opposite the USB socket. Be careful about current draw on the backlight pins!!
- //Arduino can only power these if current draw is <= 40 mAmps
- uint8_t nRows = 4; //number of rows on LCD
- uint8_t nColumns =16; //number of columns
- uint8_t rw = 255; //255 if rw is connected vs 47 (or 49 for the 24x2) in the examples below; it should be pulled to GND if not controlled by the interface.
- LiquidCrystalFast lcd(49,47,45, 35,33,31,29); //there are multiple versions of this commented below; paste 'em in
- //this is kind of interesting: the LIquidCrystal object is created and init/begin is run
- //out here before setup(); before the board has power on the Mega!!! We need another begin to really
- //start the board later.
-
- //======for an LCD with a single HD44780 type chip and 16 pin interface (eg 16x2 20x2 16x4 20x4) 4 data pinshttp://healthriskappraisal.org/LiquidCrystal440.zip
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- //Alternate interfaces to test for 2x16,4x20,4x16:
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(49,47,45, 35,33,31,29); // rs,rw,en, 4 data pins remember to set rw = 255 above
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(49,47,45, 43,41,39,37, 35,33,31,29); // rs,rw,en 8 data pins remember to set rw = 255 above
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(49,45, 35,33,31,29); // rs,en, 4 data pins remember to set rw = 47 above
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(49,45, 43,41,39,37, 35,33,31,29); // rs,en 8 data pins remember to set rw = 47 above
-
- //alternate interfaces to test for 4x40:
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(48,47,46,52, 41,40,39,38); rs,rw,en1,en2, 4 data lines set rw to 255 I don't see any way to eliminate rw and include en2 with fcn overloading.
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(48,255,46,52, 41,40,39,38); rs,rw,en1,en2, 4 data lines set rw to 47 but this trick should let me use a grounded RW and skip the checkLcdBusyFlag if I want.
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- // Connections this assumes we attached a potentiometer across LCD pins 1,2 and 3 with a standard 16 pin straight interface
- // and then plugged the LCD into the distal row of digital pins on a Mega
- // with the LCD extending away from the mega board:
- // this frees up the PWM pins for other uses.
- // rs (LCD pin 4) to Arduino pin 49
- // rw (LCD pin 5) to Arduino pin 47
- // enable (LCD pin 6) to Arduino pin 45
- // LCD pin 15 to Arduino pin 27
- // LCD pins d4, d5, d6, d7 to Arduino pins 35,33,31,29
- //Arduino pins 51,43,41,39,37,23 are unused and hard to get at--you could interpose something like a stackable header between
- // the used pins and the LCD; then you could access the unused pins
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- //=====for a 4x40 LCD with 2 HD44780 type chips and 17 pin interface in 2 rows of 9; the pins are not arranged for
- // use with a breadboard, although you could solder a female socket onto the LCD board and use wires inserted
- // female sockets or (as I did) to solder in stackable headers so that you can use the breadboard but
- // also can plug it into the 2 rows of digital sockets on the Mega.
- // LCD Mega Signal
- // 18 Gnd Backlight draws 480 mAmps!
- // 17 +5V
- // 16 (53) not used
- // 15 52 En2 -- enable the 2nd HD44780 chip which controls the bottom 2 rows of the display
- // 14 51* +5V
- // 13 50* Gnd
- // 12 -- Contrast resistor to Gnd
- // 11 48 RS
- // 10 47* RW -- could be strapped to Gnd
- // 9 46 En1 -- enable the 1st HD44780 which controls the top 2 rows
- // 5-8 42-45* Data 0-3 not used in 4 bit modes
- // 1-4 38-41 Data 4-7
- //This mode for the 4x40 is not working now://LiquidCrystalFast lcd(48,47,46,52, 45,44,43,42, 41,40,39,38); // rs,rw,en1,en2, 8 data lines remember to set rw =255
- //=========================================
- //alternate versions to test for 2x24: I have not seen this one actually work.
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(50,49,48, 47,46,45,44, 43,42,41,40); // rs,rw,en 8 data pins remember to set rw = 255 above
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(50,49,48, 43,42,41,40); // rs,rw,en 4 data pins remember to set rw = 255 above
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(50,48, 47,46,45,44, 43,42,41,40); // rs,en 8 data pins remember to set rw = 49 above -- these interfaces generally have unreliable initialization
- //LiquidCrystalFast lcd(50,48, 43,42,41,40); // rs,en 4 data pins remember to set rw = 49 above -- these interfaces generally have unreliable initialization
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- //====2x24 LCD also has a non standard pinout and pins are numbered in the opposite direction:
- // 1 53 Gnd
- // 2 52 +5V
- // 3 -- Contrast
- // 4 50 RS
- // 5 49 RW
- // 6 48 EN
- // 7-10 44-47 Data 0-3 not used in 4 bit mode
- // 11-14 40-43 Data 4-7
- // 15 -- Backlight +5v 147 mAmps!
- // 16 -- Backlight Gnd
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- byte BACKLIGHT, BACKLTGND, POWER5V, GNDMain;
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- void setup(void) {
- // set some digital pins to high and low to provide LCD with power and gnd:
- // most of them: 2x16,4x20 4x16
- BACKLIGHT = 27; // pin 27 will control the backlight //before I solder pins in, I check current on the backlight
- BACKLTGND = 25; // PIN 25 will be set LOW to provide a Gnd for the backlight
- POWER5V = 53; // we will set this HIGH to provide power on pin 2 of the LCD
- GNDMain = 255; // next to pin 53 (in the pin "55" position) is a GND--pin 1 of the LCD goes there
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- if ((nColumns == 40) && (nRows ==4)) { //4x40
- BACKLIGHT = 255; // Digital IO pins cannot control the backlight for the 4x40 double HD44780 LCD draws 480 mAmps !!
- BACKLTGND = 255; //Arduino is limited to 40 mAmps
- POWER5V = 51; // we will set this HIGH to provide power on pin 2 of the LCD
- GNDMain = 50;
- }
- if ((nRows ==2) && (nColumns ==24) ) { //2x24
- BACKLIGHT = 255; // the 2x24 draws 147 mAmps !!
- BACKLTGND = 255; //
- POWER5V = 53; // we will set this HIGH to provide power on pin 2 of the LCD
- GNDMain = 52;
- }
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- pinMode(POWER5V, OUTPUT); //We're using a digital out as a 5V power source for the LCD
- digitalWrite(POWER5V, HIGH);
- if (BACKLIGHT != 255) {
- pinMode(BACKLIGHT, OUTPUT); //set 255 if you need to wire backlight to gnd bo high current draw
- digitalWrite(BACKLIGHT, HIGH); // turn backlight on. Replace 'HIGH' with 'LOW' to turn it off.
- pinMode(BACKLTGND, OUTPUT); //We're using a digital out as a GND for the backlight
- digitalWrite(BACKLTGND,LOW);
- }
- if (GNDMain != 255) {
- pinMode (GNDMain, OUTPUT);
- digitalWrite(GNDMain, LOW);
-
- }
- if (rw != 255) {
- pinMode(rw,OUTPUT);
- digitalWrite(rw,LOW);
- }
- pinMode(13,OUTPUT);
- randomSeed(analogRead(0)); //read unconnected pin to seed random number generator
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- lcd.begin(nColumns,nRows); //this is absolutely needed with this arrangement on the Mega--power was not
- // applied to the LCD when it was initialized as lcd was instantiated above!!
- }
-
- void loop(void) { //this runs the LCD with the interface selected above through a fairly comprehensive series of tests
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-2,0);
- lcd.print( (int)nColumns);
- lcd.print(",");
- lcd.print( (int)nRows);
- delay(1000);
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- //mark the corners
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print('1');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('4');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,0);
- lcd.print('2');
- lcd.setCursor(0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('3');
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,0);
- // lcd.print("corners ");
- delay(1000);
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,0);
- lcd.print(" scroll ");
- uint8_t rand=random(150);
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,1);
- lcd.print((int)rand);
- int i = 0;
- while (i < rand) {
- lcd.scrollDisplayLeft();
- i++;
- delay(100);
- }
- // now we repeat the corner code to be sure we fixed the behavior of setCursor after scroll
- delay(1000);
- //mark the corners
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print('a');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('d');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,0);
- lcd.print('b');
- lcd.setCursor(0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('c');
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,0);
- lcd.print("corners ");
- delay(1000);
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- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print('1');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('4');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,0);
- lcd.print('3');
- lcd.setCursor(0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('2');
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,0);
- lcd.print("corners");
- delay(1000);
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,1);
- lcd.print(" scroll ");
- rand = random(150);
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,2);
- lcd.print((int) rand);
- i = 0;
- while (i < rand) {
- lcd.scrollDisplayRight();
- i++;
- delay(100);
- }
- // now we repeat the corner code to be sure we fixed the behavior of setCursor after scroll
- delay(1000);
- //mark the corners -- all of these corner tests are good ways to find off by one errors!
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- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('d');
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,0);
- lcd.print('b');
- lcd.setCursor(0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print('c');
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print('a');
- lcd.setCursor((nColumns>>1)-3,0);
- lcd.print("corners ");
- delay(1000);
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- //Cursor on/off
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor (0,0);
- lcd.print("Cursor off");
- lcd.noCursor();
- delay(1000);
- // Turn on the cursor:
- lcd.setCursor (0,0);
- lcd.print("Cursor on ");
- lcd.cursor();
- delay(1000);
- lcd.setCursor (0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print("Cursor off");
- lcd.noCursor();
- delay(1000);
- // Turn on the cursor:
- lcd.setCursor (0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print("Cursor on ");
- lcd.cursor();
- delay(1000);
- //==enumerate lines on the display
- lcd.clear();
- i = 0;
- while (i < nRows) {
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-8,i);
- lcd.print("ROW ");
- lcd.print(i+1);
- i++;
- }
- delay(1000);
- //=====try println
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- i = 0;
- while (i < nRows) {
- lcd.print("Println:# ");
- lcd.println(i+1);
- i++;
- }
- delay(1000);
-
- //=====Line wrap demo:
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-4,0);
- lcd.print("LINEWRAP01234567890");
- delay(200);
- if (nRows>=2) {
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-4,1);
- lcd.print("linewrap01234567890");
- delay(1000);
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- if (nRows >=4) {
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-4,3);
- lcd.print("linewrap01234567890");
- delay(200);
- }
- }
- delay(1000);
- i = 0;
- while (i < 11) {
- lcd.scrollDisplayLeft();
- i++;
- delay(100);
- }
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- delay(1000);
- lcd.home();
- int length = nRows * nColumns;
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- char text[]="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
- text[length] = '\0';
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- lcd.print(text); //here we are printing the entire screen with one long string lets you be sure that linewrap happens exactly as it should
- delay(2000);
- uint8_t a =0;
- if ((nColumns == 8) && (nRows == 2) ) a=1; //This is a trick to make a 'crazy 8' 16x1 LCD work reasonably in a right to left language; I suppose it could be added to the library routine
- // as a conditional but that seems like too much support. what happens is that we write the 2nd line first; when that fills with (8) characters
- // it wraps onto the first line. This means that lcd.print("abcdefghijklmno"); will print from right to left as you desire.
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.rightToLeft();
- lcd.setCursor(nColumns-1,a); //now we print it in right to left mode to test the same thing
- lcd.print (text);
- delay(3000);
- lcd.leftToRight();
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- long startTime=millis(); //let's try to benchmark how fast we can go; this will give us an idea about speed of the various interfaces 4/8 bit and checking busy flag or not:
- uint8_t repetitions = 20;
- char blanks[]=" ";
- blanks[length] = '\0';
- while (repetitions--) { //fill every screen pixel with text, then fill every pixel with blanks and repeat.
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print(text);
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print(blanks);
- }
- long endTime = millis();
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print("Benchmark took ");
- lcd.setCursor(0,1);
- lcd.print(endTime - startTime);
- lcd.print(" millisecs.");
- delay(5000);
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- //======setCursor===
- // loop from ASCII 'a' to ASCII 'z':
- lcd.home();
- char thisLetter = 'a';
- // loop over the rows:
- for (int thisRow = 0; thisRow < nRows; thisRow++) {
- // loop over the columns:
- for (int thisCol = 0; thisCol < nColumns; thisCol++) {
- // set the cursor position:
- lcd.setCursor(thisCol,thisRow);
- // print the letter:
- lcd.print(thisLetter);
- thisLetter++;
- if (thisLetter > 'z') thisLetter = 'a';
- delay(100);
- }
- }
-
-
- //========Autoscroll: -- my arch nemesis !
- lcd.clear();
- // set the cursor to (0,0):
- lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
- // print from 0 to 9:
- lcd.print("Autoscroll");
- for (char thisChar = '1'; thisChar < '9'; thisChar++) {
- lcd.print(thisChar);
- delay(100);
- }
-
- // set the cursor to (nColumns,1):
- lcd.setCursor(0,1);
- lcd.print("Autoscroll");
- // set the display to automatically scroll:
- lcd.autoscroll();
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-
- // print from 0 to 9:
- for (int thisChar = 0; thisChar < 10; thisChar++) {
- lcd.print(thisChar);
- delay(100);
- }
- // turn off automatic scrolling
- lcd.noAutoscroll();
- if (nRows>2) {
- //========Autoscroll: -- my arch nemesis !
-
- // set the cursor to (0,0):
- lcd.setCursor(0, nRows-2);
- // print from 0 to 9:
- lcd.print("Autoscroll");
- for (char thisChar = '1'; thisChar < '9'; thisChar++) {
- lcd.print(thisChar);
- delay(100);
- }
-
- // set the cursor to (nColumns,1):
- lcd.setCursor(0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print("Autoscroll");
- // set the display to automatically scroll:
- lcd.autoscroll();
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-
- // print from 0 to 9:
- for (int thisChar = 0; thisChar < 10; thisChar++) {
- lcd.print(thisChar);
- delay(200);
- }
- // turn off automatic scrolling
- lcd.noAutoscroll();
- }
- //====== Turn on the blinking cursor:
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(0,nRows-1);
- lcd.print("Blinking Cursor");
- lcd.blink();
- delay(1000);
- // Turn off the blinking cursor:
- lcd.noBlink();
- delay(1000);
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print("Blinking Cursor");
- lcd.blink();
- delay(1000);
- // Turn off the blinking cursor:
- lcd.noBlink();
- delay(1000);
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- //=====Turn display on and off:
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print("turn display off");
- delay(1000);
- // Turn off the display:
- lcd.noDisplay();
- delay(2000);
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print("Turn Display ON "); //sent to the LCD while the display is turned off.
- // Turn on the display:
- lcd.display();
- delay(1000);
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- lcd.clear();
- lcd.home();
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- lcd.print(" Shift under program control ");
- // scroll 27 positions (display length + string length) to the left:
- for (int positionCounter = 0; positionCounter < 27; positionCounter++) {
- // scroll one position left:
- lcd.scrollDisplayLeft();
- // wait a bit:
- delay(100);
- }
-
- // scroll 27 positions (display length + string length) to the right:
- for (int positionCounter = 0; positionCounter < 27; positionCounter++) {
- // scroll one position right:
- lcd.scrollDisplayRight();
- // wait a bit:
- delay(100);
- }
- delay(1500);
- //======Text direction
- lcd.clear();
- lcd.setCursor(0,0);
- char thisChar ='a';
- for (int i = 0;i!=30; i++) {
- // reverse directions at 'm':
- if (thisChar == 'm') {
- // go right for the next letter
- lcd.rightToLeft();
- }
- // reverse again at 's':
- if (thisChar == 's') {
- // go left for the next letter
- lcd.leftToRight();
- }
- // reset at 'z':
- if (thisChar > 'z') {
- // go to (0,0):
- lcd.home();
- // start again at 0
- thisChar = 'a';
- }
- // print the character
- lcd.print(thisChar);
-
- delay(200);
- //increment the letter:
- thisChar++;
- }
- lcd.clear();
-
- //======define charset
- uint8_t bell[8] = {0x4,0xe,0xe,0xe,0x1f,0x0,0x4};
- uint8_t note[8] = {0x2,0x3,0x2,0xe,0x1e,0xc,0x0};
- uint8_t clock[8] = {0x0,0xe,0x15,0x17,0x11,0xe,0x0};
- uint8_t heart[8] = {0x0,0xa,0x1f,0x1f,0xe,0x4,0x0};
- uint8_t duck[8] = {0x0,0xc,0x1d,0xf,0xf,0x6,0x0};
- uint8_t check[8] = {0x0,0x1,0x3,0x16,0x1c,0x8,0x0};
- uint8_t cross[8] = {0x0,0x1b,0xe,0x4,0xe,0x1b,0x0};
- uint8_t retarrow[8] = { 0x1,0x1,0x5,0x9,0x1f,0x8,0x4};
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- lcd.createChar(0, bell);
- lcd.createChar(1, note);
- lcd.createChar(2, clock);
- lcd.createChar(3, heart);
- lcd.createChar(4, duck);
- lcd.createChar(5, check);
- lcd.createChar(6, cross);
- lcd.createChar(7, retarrow);
- lcd.home();
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- i = 0;
- lcd.clear();
- while (i<nRows) {
- lcd.setCursor(0,i);
- lcd.print("user:");
- for (int j=0; j<7; j++) {
- lcd.write(j);
- }
-
- i++;
- }
- delay(2000);
-
-
- }
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