Re: just to ask opinion
Yes you can, just change the pin designations in the driver and whether to use 6 or 7 pins. Its documented within the driver file. You can even split pins across ports if you wish. There are a few diffent variations of this file, for 1,2 or 4 lines I think. Make sure you get the correct one for the display you are using.
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// Flex_lcd_16x1.c This is the variant for single line, electrically configured as 8x2
// These are randomly assigned pins, used to test
// that the driver can work with any arrangement
// of i/o pins.
#define LCD_RS PIN_D7
#define LCD_E PIN_B1
#define LCD_DB4 PIN_B2
#define LCD_DB5 PIN_B3
#define LCD_DB6 PIN_B4
#define LCD_DB7 PIN_B5
//#define LCD_RW PIN_B6 // enable this if you are using R/W (7 Wires)
// If you want to use a 6-pin interface for your LCD, then
// connect the R/W pin on the LCD to ground and comment
// out the following line. A 6-pin interface to the LCD
// is used if only have a few free i/o pins available on
// your PIC, and you want to use the smallest possible
// number of pins for the LCD.
//#define USE_LCD_RW 1
//========================================
// Use "2 lines" as the lcd type for the 16x1 LCD.
// The LCD is the same as an 8x2 LCD, but with the
// bottom line appended on the right side of the first line.
#define LCD_TYPE 2 // 0=5x7, 1=5x10, 2=2 lines
#define LCD_2ND_HALF_ADDRESS 0x40 //change back to 0x40 for hardware 0x88 = test (proteus)
#define LCD_WIDTH 16
#define LCD_HALF_WIDTH (LCD_WIDTH/2)
int8 const LCD_INIT_STRING[4] =
{
0x20 | (LCD_TYPE << 2), // Func set: 4-bit, 2 lines, 5x8 dots
0xc, // Display on
1, // Clear display
6 // Increment cursor
};
int8 lcd_xcoord;
//-------------------------------------
void lcd_send_nibble(int8 nibble)
{
// Note: !! converts an integer expression
// to a boolean (1 or 0).
output_bit(LCD_DB4, !!(nibble & 1));
output_bit(LCD_DB5, !!(nibble & 2));
output_bit(LCD_DB6, !!(nibble & 4));
output_bit(LCD_DB7, !!(nibble & 8));
delay_cycles(1);
output_high(LCD_E);
delay_us(2);
output_low(LCD_E);
}
//-----------------------------------
// This sub-routine is only called by lcd_read_byte().
// It's not a stand-alone routine. For example, the
// R/W signal is set high by lcd_read_byte() before
// this routine is called.
#ifdef USE_LCD_RW
int8 lcd_read_nibble(void)
{
int8 retval;
// Create bit variables so that we can easily set
// individual bits in the retval variable.
#bit retval_0 = retval.0
#bit retval_1 = retval.1
#bit retval_2 = retval.2
#bit retval_3 = retval.3
retval = 0;
output_high(LCD_E);
delay_us(1);
retval_0 = input(LCD_DB4);
retval_1 = input(LCD_DB5);
retval_2 = input(LCD_DB6);
retval_3 = input(LCD_DB7);
output_low(LCD_E);
delay_us(1);
return(retval);
}
#endif
//---------------------------------------
// Read a byte from the LCD and return it.
#ifdef USE_LCD_RW
int8 lcd_read_byte(void)
{
int8 low;
int8 high;
output_high(LCD_RW);
delay_cycles(1);
high = lcd_read_nibble();
low = lcd_read_nibble();
return((high << 4) | low);
}
#endif
//----------------------------------------
// Send a byte to the LCD.
void lcd_send_byte(int8 address, int8 n)
{
output_low(LCD_RS);
#ifdef USE_LCD_RW
while(bit_test(lcd_read_byte(), 7)) ;
#else
delay_us(60);
#endif
if(address)
output_high(LCD_RS);
else
output_low(LCD_RS);
delay_cycles(1);
#ifdef USE_LCD_RW
output_low(LCD_RW);
delay_cycles(1);
#endif
output_low(LCD_E);
lcd_send_nibble(n >> 4);
lcd_send_nibble(n & 0xf);
}
//----------------------------
void lcd_init(void)
{
int8 i;
output_low(LCD_RS);
#ifdef USE_LCD_RW
output_low(LCD_RW);
#endif
output_low(LCD_E);
// Some LCDs require 15 ms minimum delay after
// power-up. Others require 30 ms. I'm going
// to set it to 35 ms, so it should work with
// all of them.
delay_ms(35);
for(i=0 ;i < 3; i++)
{
lcd_send_nibble(0x03);
delay_ms(5);
}
lcd_send_nibble(0x02);
for(i=0; i < sizeof(LCD_INIT_STRING); i++)
{
lcd_send_byte(0, LCD_INIT_STRING);
// If the R/W signal is not used, then
// the busy bit can't be polled. One of
// the init commands takes longer than
// the hard-coded delay of 60 us, so in
// that case, lets just do a 5 ms delay
// after all four of them.
#ifndef USE_LCD_RW
delay_ms(5);
#endif
}
lcd_xcoord = 1;
}
//----------------------------
// The x-coordinate can be 1 to 16.
// The y coordinate is ignored.
// This x,y interface is kept in order to be
// consistent with other CCS LCD drivers.
void lcd_gotoxy(int8 x, int8 y)
{
int8 address;
// Update the global x-coordinate variable with the
// current x coordinate.
lcd_xcoord = x;
// Convert the x-coordinate from CCS format (1-16) to
// the 0-15 format used by the LCD hardware.
address = x - 1;
// If the x-coordinate is within the 2nd half of the
// LCD line, the address must be adjusted because
// of the special architecture of the 8x2 LCD.
if(address >= LCD_HALF_WIDTH)
{
address += (LCD_2ND_HALF_ADDRESS - LCD_HALF_WIDTH);
}
lcd_send_byte(0, 0x80 | address);
}
//-----------------------------
void lcd_putc(char c)
{
switch(c)
{
case '\f':
lcd_send_byte(0,1);
delay_ms(2);
lcd_xcoord = 1;
break;
case '\n':
lcd_gotoxy(1,1); // Goto start of line 1
break;
case '\b':
lcd_send_byte(0, 0x10);
lcd_xcoord--;
if(lcd_xcoord == LCD_HALF_WIDTH)
lcd_gotoxy(LCD_HALF_WIDTH, 1);
break;
default:
lcd_send_byte(1, c);
lcd_xcoord++;
if(lcd_xcoord == (LCD_HALF_WIDTH +1))
lcd_gotoxy(LCD_HALF_WIDTH +1, 1);
break;
}
}
//------------------------------
#ifdef USE_LCD_RW
char lcd_getc(int8 x, int8 y)
{
char value;
lcd_gotoxy(x,y);
// Wait until busy flag is low.
while(bit_test(lcd_read_byte(),7));
output_high(LCD_RS);
value = lcd_read_byte();
output_low(lcd_RS);
return(value);
}
#endif