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Revision 10:b91bc4431350, committed 2014-12-13

Comitter:
sillevl
Date:
Sat Dec 13 13:59:10 2014 +0000
Parent:
9:308d188a2d3a
Parent:
8:dde7f427feda
Commit message:
added custom characters

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--- a/TextLCD.cpp	Thu Jan 02 21:07:01 2014 +0000
+++ b/TextLCD.cpp	Sat Dec 13 13:59:10 2014 +0000
@@ -157,3 +157,25 @@
             return 2;
     }
 }
+
+/*
+ 
+@param cgramloc cgram location from 0-7
+ 
+@param *data char array
+ 
+@param cgrpos cgrampostion 0x00-0x07
+ 
+@param x,y location coordinates
+ 
+*/
+ 
+void TextLCD::putCustomChar(int cgramloc, char *data){
+ 
+  writeCommand(0x40+((cgramloc&0x07)<<3)); //Set CG-RAM address
+  
+  for (int i=0; i<8; i++) {
+    writeData(*data++); 
+  }
+ 
+}

--- a/TextLCD.h	Thu Jan 02 21:07:01 2014 +0000
+++ b/TextLCD.h	Sat Dec 13 13:59:10 2014 +0000
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 
     /** Clear the screen and locate to 0,0 */
     void cls();
+    void putCustomChar(int cgramloc, char *data);
 
     int rows();
     int columns();