Dan East / TextLCD

TextLCD library for controlling various LCD panels based on the HD44780 4-bit interface. Includes support for custom character bitmaps.

Dependents:   HD44780-LCD_with_Bluetooth

Fork of TextLCD by Simon Ford

Examples

Hello world in custom font

#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) {
    }
}

Animated busy indicator

This animation only uses 1 of the 8 custom character slots, and can be used like a regular character in the output and will automatically animate in-place. Any number of the animated characters can be displayed on the display at once using this animation technique.

#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);
    }

Diff: TextLCD.cpp

Revision:
7:44f34c09bd37
Parent:
6:e4cb7ddee0d3
Child:
9:914e500624b5
--- a/TextLCD.cpp	Tue Nov 23 14:26:19 2010 +0000
+++ b/TextLCD.cpp	Sat Dec 04 11:29:57 2010 +0000
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #include "TextLCD.h"
 #include "mbed.h"
 
-TextLCD::TextLCD(PinName rs, PinName e, PinName d0, PinName d1,
-                 PinName d2, PinName d3, LCDType type) : _rs(rs),
-        _e(e), _d(d0, d1, d2, d3),
+TextLCD::TextLCD(PinName rs, PinName e, PinName d4, PinName d5,
+                 PinName d6, PinName d7, LCDType type) : _rs(rs),
+        _e(e), _d(d4, d5, d6, d7),
         _type(type) {
 
     _e  = 1;