Diff: main.cpp

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+#include "mbed.h"
+//the library "TextLCD.h" was slightly altered to work with the GDM2004D LCD
+#include "TextLCD.h"
+
+//the object "lcd" is initialized to act as a TextLCD with 20x4 characters
+TextLCD lcd(p26, p25, p24, p23, p22, p20, p19, TextLCD::LCD20x4);
+
+int main() {
+    //each line of the LCD can be accessed directly using the .locate(column, line) function
+    lcd.locate(0,0);
+    lcd.printf("12345678901234567890");
+    lcd.locate(0,1);
+    lcd.printf("UVWXYZabcdefghijklmn");    
+    lcd.locate(0,2);    
+    lcd.printf("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST");
+    lcd.locate(0,3);
+    lcd.printf("12345678901234567890");    
+    wait(2);
+    
+    //the LCD is cleared using function .cls()
+    lcd.cls();
+    //a "\n" in a text string causes a line feed
+    lcd.printf("HELLO WORLD\n");
+    //if the end of a line is reached, the text is written to the next line automatically
+    lcd.printf("Testbed for mbed\nLCD example softwarewith altered library");
+    
+    //the endless loop keeps mbed in low power mode
+    while(1)
+    {
+    __WFI();
+    }
+}