Updated for more display types. Fixed memoryaddress confusion in address() method. Added new getAddress() method. Added support for UDCs, Backlight control and other features such as control through I2C and SPI port expanders and controllers with native I2C and SPI interfaces. Refactored to fix issue with pins that are default declared as NC.

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Example

Hello World! for the TextLCD

#include "mbed.h"
#include "TextLCD.h"
 
// Host PC Communication channels
Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX); // tx, rx
 
// I2C Communication
I2C i2c_lcd(p28,p27); // SDA, SCL
 
// SPI Communication
SPI spi_lcd(p5, NC, p7); // MOSI, MISO, SCLK

//TextLCD lcd(p15, p16, p17, p18, p19, p20);                // RS, E, D4-D7, LCDType=LCD16x2, BL=NC, E2=NC, LCDTCtrl=HD44780
//TextLCD_SPI lcd(&spi_lcd, p8, TextLCD::LCD40x4);   // SPI bus, 74595 expander, CS pin, LCD Type  
TextLCD_I2C lcd(&i2c_lcd, 0x42, TextLCD::LCD20x4);  // I2C bus, PCF8574 Slaveaddress, LCD Type
//TextLCD_I2C lcd(&i2c_lcd, 0x42, TextLCD::LCD16x2, TextLCD::WS0010); // I2C bus, PCF8574 Slaveaddress, LCD Type, Device Type
//TextLCD_SPI_N lcd(&spi_lcd, p8, p9);               // SPI bus, CS pin, RS pin, LCDType=LCD16x2, BL=NC, LCDTCtrl=ST7032_3V3   
//TextLCD_I2C_N lcd(&i2c_lcd, ST7032_SA, TextLCD::LCD16x2, NC, TextLCD::ST7032_3V3); // I2C bus, Slaveaddress, LCD Type, BL=NC, LCDTCtrl=ST7032_3V3  

int main() {
    pc.printf("LCD Test. Columns=%d, Rows=%d\n\r", lcd.columns(), lcd.rows());
    
    for (int row=0; row<lcd.rows(); row++) {
      int col=0;
      
      pc.printf("MemAddr(Col=%d, Row=%d)=0x%02X\n\r", col, row, lcd.getAddress(col, row));      
//      lcd.putc('-');
      lcd.putc('0' + row);      
      
      for (col=1; col<lcd.columns()-1; col++) {    
        lcd.putc('*');
      }
 
      pc.printf("MemAddr(Col=%d, Row=%d)=0x%02X\n\r", col, row, lcd.getAddress(col, row));      
      lcd.putc('+');
        
    }    
    
// Show cursor as blinking character
    lcd.setCursor(TextLCD::CurOff_BlkOn);
 
// Set and show user defined characters. A maximum of 8 UDCs are supported by the HD44780.
// They are defined by a 5x7 bitpattern. 
    lcd.setUDC(0, (char *) udc_0);  // Show |>
    lcd.putc(0);    
    lcd.setUDC(1, (char *) udc_1);  // Show <|
    lcd.putc(1);    

}

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Revisions of TextLCD_Config.h

Revision Date Message Actions
41:111ca62e8a59 2015-11-06 Added setFont() support (for SSD1803, US2066, ST7070) and support for UTF-8 code (Cyrillic language), added SPLC792A controller. File  Diff  Annotate
40:d3496c3ea301 2015-05-20 Fixed an occasional init problem. Added PCF2119R support, added HD66712 support, added some more I2C portexpander types. File  Diff  Annotate
39:e9c2319de9c5 2015-05-19 Working version PCF2119 File  Diff  Annotate
38:cbe275b0b647 2015-04-18 Fixed Adafruit I2C/SPI portexpander pinmappings, fixed SYDZ Backlight control File  Diff  Annotate
37:ce348c002929 2015-03-29 Cleaned up low level command and data write operations to improve speed of I2C expander versions (PCF8574 and MCP23008). Added initial support for controllers with alternative fonttables. File  Diff  Annotate
36:9f5f86dfd44a 2014-11-25 Added ST7070 and KS0073 support, added setIcon(), clrIcon() and setInvert() method for supported devices. File  Diff  Annotate
35:311be6444a39 2014-10-10 Added AC780 support, added I2C expander module types, fixed setBacklight() for inverted logic I2C expander modules. Fixed bug in LCD_SPI_N define. File  Diff  Annotate
34:e5a0dcb43ecc 2014-09-27 Added support for PT6314 (VFD), added setOrient() method for supported devices (eg SSD1803, US2066), added Double Height lines and 16 UDCs for supported devices. Added separate files for UDC defines and feature/footprint configuration. File  Diff  Annotate