PIC Microcontroler LCD Display IO routines

• PIC DOGM COG  ST7036 by Jinx
• PIC Universal HD44780 LCD display driver library by Philip Adam Pemberton
• PIC 4 bit 16x2 Hitachi driver by Al Borowski
• PIC 4-bit 8x2 Hitachi LCD driver for 16F628 by Barry
• PIC 4-bit 8x2 Hitachi LCD driver (author unknown)
• PIC 4-bit 8x2 Hitachi LCD driver for 16f677 and 16f877 by Stefan Johansson
• PIC 4-bit matrix LCD driver
• PIC 4 bit LCD 3x4 Keypad Lock by Bert Botha
• PIC 8 bit 16x2 Hitachi LCD driver for the '877 by Tony Nixon
• PIC C Hitachi 44780 LCD Universal Driver by Isaac Marino Bavaresco
• PIC C Hitachi 44780 LCD Drivers by Andy Kunz
• PIC C Hitachi 44780 LCD Drivers by Craig Lee
• PIC 20x4 ASCII Terminal with Vertical Scrolling by Ted Rossin also includes a C language demo meter program.
• PIC Dumb Terminal PIC16F84 + LCD module + Keyboard + RS232 comm
• PIC DIRECT 2 plane MUX LCD Glass Driver 3.5 digit display glass driver requires NO LCD controller! The PIC DIRECTLY drives the LCD.
• PIC graphic LCD driver for LPH 7366-1 (used in Nokia 5110 Phone)
• PIC graphic LCD driver for KS0108 by Peter Onion
• PIC 18F directly converts BMP for display on KS0108 graphic LCD by Joe Colquitt
• PIC 18F text on a Graphic LCD by Joe Colquitt
• Vee (negative supply) from PIC PWM by David Covick
• PIC Input multiplexing with LCD
• General LCD information

From the CHEAPIC tutorial:

• worktime.asm - Uses a LCD to display a timer that can be started and stopped by pushbutton
• wktim4m.asm - wktim4m
• shotmr0.asm - Display TMR0 on a LCD atter counting pulses on RA4 for one second
• therm.asm - Display temperature on a LCD using a thermistor as the sensor

NEW! LCD Front Panel Set: 2x16 LCD w/HD44780 controller, 4 push buttons, 3 LEDs and a 2x12 pin header. +

Projects:

• PIC 16F876A based Temperature (DS1620) / Humidity (HS15p) Display (Hitachi LCD) by Jody Wisman
• Frequency Counter,PIC 16F84,Weeder Technologies

Characterset data and The character set extractor by Nikolai Golovchenko

Bitmap to table converter Opens FNT (Windows Bitmap Font) or BMP (Windows Bitmap Picture) files and writes out a C language data table.

Rolf's String Format code generator for making effecient C string tables. Perfect for LCD displays.

/Techref/member/roger_froud-virgin-/index.htm Here's a handy little program for a 18F2480 that allows you to embed a string in your program which is accessed by the preceding call. In this case, it's used to write strings to an LCD display but the principle is useful elsewhere.

Archive:

• List post "Some questions regarding LCD display" C code to directly drive a 3.5 digit glass LCD (no controller required) +
• PICList post "PIC routines for KS0108 based graphic LCDs" +
• PICList post "4x4 Keypad and LCD in 1 port" +
• PICList post "hitachi 44780 driver 4-bit setup" +
• PICList post "Success! 16F628 -> Graphics LCD"

See also:

• http://www.dz863.com/ You can find hundreds of LCD driver datasheets and application circuits with the LCD Driver tag.+
• ~NOSPAM~avtanski@spam@ at gmail.com refers to " http://avtanski.net/projects/lcd/ LCD Screenshot Generator   " +
• http://www.bobblick.com/bob/projects/lcdterm/index.html PIC LCD Terminal
• http://www.nukem.freeserve.co.uk/contents/electronics/vt52/index.html 16C84 16x2 LCD RS232 terminal with VT-52 emulation
• Ranjit Diol of COMPSys LLC refers to: "http://www.compsys1.com/workbench/ PIC interface to graphic LCD modules using the Samsung KS0108 controller or the Toshiba T6963C controller. Schematic, details and free software."
• http://www.rhoent.com/index.html The low cost (and better alternative) for serial backpack displays.
• http://www.myke.com/lcd.htm Myke's LCD pages - PIC specific code and circuitry
  • http://www.rentron.com/Myke1.htm Pic 2-Wire LCD Interface
    • Getting 2-wire LCD Interface to work
    • http://ghmicro.com/index.php/pic/15-16f628/35-2-wire-lcd-interface?showall=1 Mykes 2 wire LCD interface in C and with time, temp and contrast controls added.
    • http://www.promixis.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-1785.html
      http://w1.864.telia.com/~u86435834/2wire4015_lcd_R2.jpg An HC4015 dual 4 bit shift register allows for E to be generated seperatly and for the register to be reset by the MSB when the clocking over flows.
  • http://www.hippy.freeserve.co.uk/picaxe2l.htm A version of the 2-wire LCD Interface using the 74LS164 and PIXAXE BASIC.
  • http://www.rentron.com/Myke2.htm LCD Animated Graphics Using The Pic 2-Wire LCD Interface
• Wagner Lipnharski Wagner Lipnharski <wagnerl@earthlink.net>, see http://www.ustr.net/offers/list5.htm, and http://www.ustr.net/offers/lcd1.jpg for a picture; 2-wire interface, 16F84 PIC code at http://www.ustr.net/files/smallcd.asm.
• http://www.vermontlife.com/gary/dmf5005.html Controlling the Optrex DMF-5005NY-LY Graphic LCD Display Using The PIC16F84
• http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_lawther/t6963c.htm Toshiba T6963 controlled Varitronix 240*64 monochrome LCD graphics display useing Steve Lawther's code
• http://home.iae.nl/users/pouweha/lcd0.htm  Peer's LCD pages. controlling HD4478-Compatible Displays, (including 2x40) with a PIC
• http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/lcd/index.html HD44780-Based Modules
• http://www.shm.monash.edu.au/~r.kreymborg/code.html Standard 2x16
• http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_lawther/t6963C.htm Toshiba T6963C Dot Matrix LCD Controller
• http://home.iae.nl/users/pouweha/lcd.htm Samsung's chipset
• http://www.geocities.com/jrgert/SourceCode/ John Gerthoffer's BMP to PIC assembly utility, BMP2ASM.EXE, converts BMP files to PIC assembly code. The assembly code is then used in your program to display graphics on your LCD. (cached 20051019)
• http://www.sonic.net/~schlae/pic.html

Microchip's AN587

Questions:

• ~NOSPAM~petri@spam@ at hacienda.fi asks: " http://www.novatek.com.tw/UpLoad/PRD/1055/NT3881Dv2.5.pdf problems with NT3881 LCD driver, does anybody have correct initializing sequency (4bits) with timing ?? "
   
• ~NOSPAM~somemoremusic@spam@ at aol.com asks:

  Does anyone know where to find instruction sets for Emerging Displays 16 X 2 Display. Why does this seem to be a top secret? Why can't they include it in their PDF Data Sheets? Its nowhere on the WEB. Will code for Hitachi work? Do most displays have the same instructions? Interfacing with PIC Microchip devices.
   

• ~NOSPAM~dean.harnetty@spam@ at blueyonder.co.uk asks:

  Hi, any chance anyone has some code for a single-line LCD output from PIC in assembly? I've got a DEM16101H (single-line, sixteen character) and I've been looking around but I'm not very good at finding this type of thing.
  
  Any help is much appreciated :-D
  

  James Newton replies: If I remember correctly, most single line 16 character LCDs are actually 2x8 LCDs with the two 8's set end to end.+

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• ~NOSPAM~brianBSEE@spam@ at hotmail.com asks:

  Anyone have PIC C code or assembler code, to control an NJU6580 LCD driver chip? What is the proper sequence to initialize it and to "write data" in parallel mode to the display?
   

• Poul Holmø Thomsen of G&O Technologies AS asks:

  I want to interface a Densitron lm3097 display with a NJU6580 controller to a PIC16F876. Do anybody have a slice of code for that job? Best regards Poul Thomsen
   

• ~NOSPAM~kedmonson@spam@ at cox-internet.com asks:

  I am hoping you can help me. I have a 4x16 lcd by samsung
  Numbers on lcd:
  2358A
  333-2 94V0
  848246823
  UC164904
  GNRX-GA
  000522
  
  it was in an answering machine. I would like to use this with a basic stamp 2sx but I can not find any spec sheets on it. I am VERY new to basic stamps but have a solid background in basic programming as well as many other languages. If you can not give me any help here can you point me to a low cost solution for a lcd, I am not looking to spend a lot on this until I can get a firm handle on the basic stamp. Any help you can give is greatly needed.
  Thank you for your time.
  
  If i have already e-mailed you on this please forgive me as i am trying to e-mail anyone that i think may be able to help. As i am kinda excited to get started with basic stamps and lcd screens.
   

• Hernan J Freschi asks:

  Regarding 4-bit 8x2 Hitachi LCD driver code:
  how do you use it?
  what do I need to do, besides lcd_init, to start working?
  How long is the "delay" routine suppossed to be? Can anyone post both delays?
  How do you connect it?

  The delay depends on the LCD.++
   

• ~NOSPAM~egi@spam@ at iki.fi asks:

  I have an LCD screen with a Sanyo LC75821 controller. Does anyone have any source code or ideas what I should send to the controller to get it working (it has three wires connected to the pic it is working at the moment, clock, ce and data). The datasheet for the chip can be found at: http://www.chipinfo.ru/docs/SANYO/002108.pdf
   
   

• ~NOSPAM~sarah_mccarth74@spam@ at hotmail.com asks:

  i am looking for code that will read a binary no. off portB of my pic16C662 convert it to decimal and then print it to an lcd display 16*2 line hitachi.The binary no. is read in on bits pB1 to pB7.portC holds the control lines for the display. Any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks.

  See:

  • 8 bit 16x2 Hitachi LCD driver for the '877 (easy to change for the 16C662)
  • PIC Microcontoller Radix Math Methods
     

Interested:

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Mark Torrens of Chocolate Labrador Ltd Says:

As a keen programmer and PICMicro enthusiast I have developed both and LCD interface module and and LCD programmer to help others learn how to use an LCD. Software is freely available to download from my site plus a pdf document explaining in detail how the software works.

Mark Torrens of Chocolate Labrador Ltd replies: Free Software LPM01_Guide.pdf 4 Bit Program 8 Bit Program+

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Code:

• Rob Alfredo robertus Kats shares tlcd Gebaseerd op de HD44780U controller van Hitachi +

Comments:

Anders W Gustafsson Says: " PIC16 Code to drive a HD44780 display over SPI, using a HC595 " +

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