// vi:ts=4 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // LineWrap - simple demonstration of automatic linewrap functionality // Created by Bill Perry 2017-05-10 // bperrybap@opensource.billsworld.billandterrie.com // // This example code is unlicensed and is released into the public domain // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // This sketch is for LCDs that are directly controlled with Arduino pins. // // 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) // // 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. // // Special note for certain 16x1 displays: // Some 16x1 displays are actually a 8x2 display that have both lines on // a single line on the display. // If you have one of these displays, simply set the geometry to 8x2 instead // of 16x1. // In normal sketches, lineWrap() mode will allow this type of display to // properly function as a 16x1 display in that it will allow printing up to // 16 characters on the display without having to manually set the cursor // position to print the right characters on the half of the display. // However, when using this 8x2 display as a 16x1 display, // scrollDisplayLeft() and scrollDisplayRight() will not work as intended. // They will shift the two halves of the display rather than the entire display. // This is because the hd44780 chip is doing the shift and chip is hard coded // internally for two lines. // // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // While not all hd44780 use the same pinout, here is the one that most use: // pin 1 is the pin closest to the edge of the PCB // 1 - LCD gnd // 2 - VCC (5v) // 3 - Vo Contrast Voltage // 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) // 15 - Backlight Anode (+5v) // 16 - Backlight Cathode (Gnd) // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include #include // Arduino pin i/o class header // declare Arduino pins used for LCD functions // and the lcd object // Note: this can be with or without backlight control: // without backlight control: // note that ESP8266 based arduinos must use the Dn defines rather than // raw pin numbers. #if defined (ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP8266) const int rs=D8, en=D9, db4=D4, db5=D5, db6=D6, db7=D7; // esp8266 Lolin/Wemos D1 R1 (uno form factor) #elif defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32) // note: GPIO12 needs a pulldown resistor const int rs=12, en=13, db4=17, db5=16, db6=27, db7=14; // esp32 espduino32 D1 R32 (uno form factor) #else const int rs=8, en=9, db4=4, db5=5, db6=6, db7=7; // for all other devices #endif hd44780_pinIO lcd(rs, en, db4, db5, db6, db7); //with backlight control: // backlight control requires two additional parameters // - an additional pin to control the backlight // - backlight active level which tells the library the level // needed to turn on the backlight. // note: If the backlight control pin supports PWM, dimming can be done // using setBacklight(dimvalue); // // WARNING: some lcd keypads have a broken backlight circuit // If you have a lcd keypad, it is recommended that you first run the // LCDKeypadCheck sketch to verify that the backlight circuitry // is ok before enabling backlight control. // However, the hd44780_PinIO class will autodetect the issue and // work around it in s/w. If the backlight circuitry is broken, // dimming will not be possible even if the backlight pin supports PWM. // #if defined (ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP8266) // esp8266 Lolin/Wemos D1 R1 (uno form factor) //const int rs=D8, en=D9, db4=D4, db5=D5, db6=D6, db7=D7, bl=D10, blLevel=HIGH; #elif defined(ARDUINO_ARCH_ESP32) // esp32 espduino32 D1 R32 (uno form factor) // note: GPIO12 needs a pulldown resistor // Dimming will not work on esp32 as it does not have analogWrite() //const int rs=12, en=13, db4=17, db5=16, db6=27, db7=14, bl=5, blLevel=HIGH; #else //const int rs=8, en=9, db4=4, db5=5, db6=6, db7=7, bl=10, blLevel=HIGH; #endif //hd44780_pinIO lcd(rs, en, db4, db5, db6, db7, bl, blLevel); // LCD geometry // while 16x2 will work on most displays even if the geometry is different, // for actual wrap testing of a particular LCD it is best to use the correct // geometry. const int LCD_COLS = 16; 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 }