Display text on LCD displays (even on multiple ones). Allow to create windows (frames) on display, and to combine them (split, add, duplicate, scroll). See http://mbed.org/users/hlipka/notebook/lcdwindow/ for more information.

Dependents:   Mbell

ks0108_8bit.h

Committer:
hlipka
Date:
2010-11-27
Revision:
2:5ac5bab7daaf
Parent:
1:65f72ed914fa

File content as of revision 2:5ac5bab7daaf:

/*
 * mbed LCDWindow library
* Copyright (c) 2010 Hendrik Lipka
* 
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#ifndef KS0108_8BIT_H_
#define KS0108_8BIT_H_

#include "lcd.h"

#include "BusOut.h"
#include "DigitalOut.h"

using namespace mbed; 

/**
 * class for connecting graphical KS0108-based LCD-Display (or using similiar controllers)
 * displays are connected in 8bit-mode
 * for displaying ASCII, the vincent font from http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22033 is used (courtesy to Quinn Evans)
*/
class KS0108LCD8bit: public TextLCDBase
{
    public:
        /**
         * @param columns number of chars per line (using an 8x8 font)
         * @param rows number of lines (using an 8x8 font)
         * @param data the bus object used for sending data (must be 8bit)
         * @param enable the pin name for the enable line (1=active)
         * @param rs the pin name for the register select line (0=cmd, 1=data)
         * @param leftCS the pin name for the left display half (1=active)
         * @param rightCS the pin name for the right display half (1=active, use NC for smaller displays)
        */
        KS0108LCD8bit(const unsigned int columns, const unsigned int rows, BusOut *data, const PinName enable, const PinName rs, const PinName leftCS, const PinName rightCS); 
        virtual void init();
        virtual void writeText(const unsigned int column, const unsigned int row, const char text[]);
        virtual void clear();
        virtual void character(int column, int row, int c);

    protected:
        void clearHalf(DigitalOut *cs);

        void sendCmd(const unsigned char byte, DigitalOut *cs);
        void sendData(const unsigned char byte, DigitalOut *cs);
        
        void sendByte(const unsigned char byte, DigitalOut *cs);
        
        BusOut* _data;
        DigitalOut *_enable, *_rs, *_left, *_right;
};
#endif