// vi:ts=4 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // LineWrap - simple demonstration of automatic linewrap functionality // Created by Bill Perry 2019-11-23 // bperrybap@opensource.billsworld.billandterrie.com // // This example code is unlicensed and is released into the public domain // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // This sketch is for Noritake CU-U series displays like the // Noritake CU20025ECPB-U1J or CU20025ECPB-W1J // The Noritake CU20025ECPB display is a 20x2 line VFD display. // It is not a hd44780 display but is nearly fully compatible with a hd44780 // display. The only real difference is the backlight control. // So while this device is supported by the hd44780 library, // the subclass will do its best to emulatate hd44780 functions and map // them to equivalent functionality when possible. // // Sketch demonstrates hd44780 library automatic line wrapping functionality. // // Background: // hd44780 LCDs do not use linear continuous memory for the characters // on the lines on the display. // This means that simply sending continuous characters to the // display will not fill lines and wrap appropriately as might be expected. // The hd44780 library solves this issue by adding a line wrapping capability // in s/w that can be enabled & disabled. // This allows the host to send characters to the display continuously and they // will wrap to the next lower line when the end of the visible line has been // reached. When on the bottom line it will wrap back to the top line. // // (Configure LCD_COLS & LCD_ROWS if desired/needed) // Expected behavior of the sketch: // - display a banner announcing the test. // - print the configured LCD geometry // - print a long text string to demostrate automatic line wrapping // - print lots of characters (slowly) to show how the full wrapping works. // (loop) // // See below for configuring the Arduino pins used. // // Noritake CU-U series LCD module pins // 1 - LCD gnd // 2 - VCC (5v) // 3 - not connected // 4 - RS Register Select (rs) --- connect to Arduino pin // 5 - Read/Write ------ connect to gnd // 6 - Enable (en) ----- connect to Arduino pin // 7 - Data 0 (db0) ---- // 8 - Data 1 (db1) |-------- Not used in 4 bit mode // 9 - Data 2 (db2) | // 10 - Data 3 (db3) ---- // 11 - Data 4 (db4) ---- connect to Arduino pin // 12 - Data 5 (db5) ---- connect to Arduino pin // 13 - Data 6 (db6) ---- connect to Arduino pin // 14 - Data 7 (db7) ---- connect to Arduino pin // // If initialization of the LCD fails and the arduino supports a built in LED, // the sketch will simply blink the built in LED with the initalization error // code. // // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // pinout: // 1 - LCD gnd // 2 - VCC (5v) // 3 - not connected // 4 - RS Register Select (rs) // 5 - Read/Write // 6 - Enable (en) // 7 - Data 0 (db0) ---- // 8 - Data 1 (db1) |-------- Not used in 4 bit mode // 9 - Data 2 (db2) | // 10 - Data 3 (db3) ---- // 11 - Data 4 (db4) // 12 - Data 5 (db5) // 13 - Data 6 (db6) // 14 - Data 7 (db7) // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include #include // Arduino pin i/o class header // declare Arduino pins used for LCD functions // and the lcd object #if defined (ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP8266) const int rs=D8, en=D9, db4=D4, db5=D5, db6=D6, db7=D7; // for esp8266 devices #else const int rs=8, en=9, db4=4, db5=5, db6=6, db7=7; // for all other devices #endif hd44780_NTCU20025ECPB_pinIO lcd(rs, en, db4, db5, db6, db7); // LCD geometry const int LCD_COLS = 20; const int LCD_ROWS = 2; void setup() { int status; // initialize LCD with number of columns and rows: // hd44780 returns a status from begin() that can be used // to determine if initalization failed. // the actual status codes are defined in status = lcd.begin(LCD_COLS, LCD_ROWS); if(status) // non zero status means it was unsuccesful { // begin() failed so blink error code using the onboard LED if possible hd44780::fatalError(status); // does not return } // turn on automatic line wrapping // which automatically wraps lines to the next lower line and wraps back // to the top when at the bottom line // NOTE: // noLineWrap() can be used to disable automatic line wrapping. // _write() can be called instead of write() to send data bytes // to the display bypassing any special character or line wrap processing. lcd.lineWrap(); } void loop() { lcd.clear(); lcd.print("WrapTest"); delay(2000); lcd.clear(); //print the configured LCD geometry lcd.print(LCD_COLS); lcd.print("x"); lcd.print(LCD_ROWS); delay(3000); lcd.clear(); // print a long text string // without line wrapping enabled, the text would not wrap properly // to the next line. if(LCD_COLS == 8) lcd.print("A long text line"); else lcd.print("This is a very long line of text"); delay(3000); lcd.clear(); // now print 2 full displays worth of characters to show // the full wrapping. lcd.cursor(); // turn on cursor so you can see where it is char c = '0'; // start at the character for the number zero for(int i = 2*LCD_COLS*LCD_ROWS; i; i--) { lcd.print(c++); delay(200); // slow things down to watch the printing & wrapping if(c > 0x7e) // wrap back to beginning of printable ASCII chars c = '!'; } delay(3000); lcd.noCursor(); // turn off cursor }