Examples

#include "mbed.h"
#include "TextLCD.h"

int main() {
    lcd=new TextLCD(D8, D9, D4, D5, D6, D7);


    char c_H[]={0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0x1f,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b};
    char c_e[]={0x0,0x0,0xe,0x1b,0x1f,0x18,0x18,0xf};
    char c_l[]={0x6,0x6,0x6,0x6,0x6,0x6,0x6,0x6};
    char c_o[]={0x0,0x0,0xe,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0xe};
    char c_W[]={0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0x1f,0x1f,0x1f,0x1b};
    char c_r[]={0x0,0x0,0xe,0x1b,0x18,0x18,0x18,0x18};
    char c_d[]={0x3,0x3,0xf,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0x1b,0xf};

    lcd->defineChar(1, c_H);
    lcd->putc(1);
    lcd->defineChar(2, c_e);
    lcd->putc(2);
    lcd->defineChar(3, c_l);
    lcd->putc(3);
    lcd->putc(3);
    lcd->defineChar(4, c_o);
    lcd->putc(4);
    lcd->putc(32);
    lcd->defineChar(5, c_W);
    lcd->putc(5);
    lcd->putc(4);
    lcd->defineChar(6, c_r);
    lcd->putc(6);
    lcd->putc(3);
    lcd->defineChar(7, c_d);
    lcd->putc(7);

    while (1) {
    }
}

#include "mbed.h"
#include "TextLCD.h"

int main() {
    lcd=new TextLCD(D8, D9, D4, D5, D6, D7);

    //The 7 animation characters
    char spin[]={   0x4,0x4,0x4,0x4,0x4,0x4,0x4,0x0,
                    0x2,0x2,0x2,0x4,0x8,0x8,0x8,0x0,
                    0x1,0x2,0x2,0x4,0x8,0x8,0x10,0x0,
                    0x0,0x0,0x3,0x4,0x18,0x0,0x0,0x0,
                    0x0,0x0,0x0,0x1f,0x0,0x0,0x0,0x0,
                    0x0,0x0,0x18,0x4,0x3,0x0,0x0,0x0,
                    0x10,0x8,0x8,0x4,0x2,0x2,0x01,0x0
                };

    //Output text.
    lcd->printf("\1 Please  wait \1");
    
    //Animation loop
    int frame=0;
    while (1) {
        lcd->defineChar(1, spin+frame*8);
        frame=(frame+1)%(sizeof(spin)/8);
        wait(.14);
    }