Example program for the Freetronics 16x2 LCD shield

Dependencies:   Freetronics_16x2_LCD mbed

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main.cpp

00001 /* Copyright (c) 2010-2011 mbed.org, MIT License
00002 *
00003 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software
00004 * and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
00005 * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
00006 * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
00007 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
00008 *
00009 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
00010 * substantial portions of the Software.
00011 *
00012 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
00013 * BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
00014 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
00015 * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
00016 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
00017 */
00018 
00019 #include "mbed.h"
00020 #include "freetronicsLCDShield.h"
00021 
00022 freetronicsLCDShield lcd(D8, D9, D4, D5, D6, D7, D3, A0);
00023 
00024 int main() {
00025     // turn on the back light (it's off by default)
00026     lcd.setBackLight(true);
00027     
00028     // print the first line and wait 3 sec
00029     lcd.printf("mbed application");
00030     wait(3);
00031     
00032     // print the counter prefix; the number will be printed in the while loop
00033     lcd.setCursorPosition(1, 0);
00034     lcd.printf("counter");
00035     
00036     int i=1;
00037     while (i++) {
00038         lcd.setCursorPosition(1, 8);
00039         lcd.printf("%d", i);
00040         wait(0.001);
00041     }
00042 }