// 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 with PCF8574 or MCP23008 chip based backpacks // // WARNING: // Use caution when using 3v only processors like arm and ESP8266 processors // when interfacing with 5v modules as not doing proper level shifting or // incorrectly hooking things up can damage the processor. // // 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. // // NOTE: // If the sketch fails to produce the expected results, or blinks the LED, // run the included I2CexpDiag sketch to test the i2c signals and the LCD. // // 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. // include the needed headers. #include #include // main hd44780 header #include // i2c expander i/o class header hd44780_I2Cexp lcd; // declare lcd object: auto locate & config exapander chip // 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 }