lcd module 16x2 configuration made in china

Holding the serial module with the I2C interface at the left hand end, there are 16 pins at the lower edge. The first of these is ground, and the second of these is +5v. Another option is to use the lower two pins on the I2C interface for power, but I found it more convenient to use the pins as described above.

I2C interface. On the serial module, the top pin is SCL (clock) and it goes to the Arduino A5. The second pin down is SDA (data) and it goes to the Arduino A4.

LCD print interface. There are 6 connections between the serial module and the LCD Keypad shield, all of them between pins with no labels. I will identify them on the LCD module by counting from Right to Left, with the first pin as 1. There are 2 blocks of 8, so they go from 1 to 16. I identify them on the I2C serial module by counting from Left to Right, there are also 16 of these. In addition I give each wire a label, which is the equivalent pin on the Arduino that is normally associated with that function, in the case of a direct connection without the serial module.

Keypad interface: This uses a single wire from the LCD module pin on the lower side labelled "A0", to pin A0 on the Arduino. At least that was pretty easy!

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Winstar 16x2 Character LCD Display WH1602W is having two pinout interfaces on upper and bottom sides of the LCD module. This 16x2 lcd display has the outline size of 80.0 x 36.0 mm and VA size of 66.0 x 16.0 mm and the maximum thickness is 13.2 mm. WH1602W 16x2 LCD Displays are built-in controller ST7066 or equivalent. It is optional for + 5.0 V or + 3.0 V power supply. The LEDs can be driven by pin 1, pin 2, or pin 15 pin 16 or A/K. This type of module can be operating at temperatures from -20℃ to +70℃; its storage temperatures range from -30℃ to +80℃.

Once you’ve played with LEDs, switches and stepper motors the next natural step is 16×2 alphanumeric LCD modules. These modules are cheap (less than $10) and easy to interface to the Raspberry Pi. They have 16 connections but you only need to use 6 GPIO pins on your Pi.

Most of the 16×2 modules available are compatible with the Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller. This allows you to buy almost any device and be sure it is going to work in much the same way as any other. There are loads to choose from on eBay with different coloured backlights. The one I purchased had a blue backlight.

This script can be downloaded using this link or directly to your Pi using the following command :wget https://bitbucket.org/MattHawkinsUK/rpispy-misc/raw/master/python/lcd_16x2.py

Additional Notes : RS is low when sending a command to the LCD and high when sending a character. RW is always low to ensure we only ever input data into the module. 8 bit bytes are sent 4 bits at a time. Top 4 bits first and the last 4 bits second. Delays are added between certain steps to ensure the module can react to the signal before it changes.

Make output functions that count the number of chars written and switch the font to Marlin symbols and back when needed. (ultralcd_impl_DOGM.h) (ultralcd_impl_HD44780.h)

Direct HD44780 Translation Symbols outside the normal ASCII-range (32-128) are written as “\xxx” and point directly into the font of the hardware declared in Configuration.h.

If you want to integrate an entirely new variant of a Hitachi-based display. Add it to Configuration.h and define mapper tables in utf_mapper.h. You may need to add a new mapper function.

The length of strings (for menu titles, edit labels, etc.) is limited. “17 characters” was a crude rule of thumb. Obviously 17 is too long for a 16x2 display. So, language files are free to check the LCD width and provide shorter strings in the following manner:

On 16x2 displays, strings suited to a 20x4 display will be chopped to fit. So if shorter string isn’t provided, at least make similar strings different early in the string. (‘Someverylongoptionname x’ -> ‘x Somverylongoptionname’)

To find out which character set your hardware uses, set #define LCD_LANGUAGE test and compile Marlin. In the menu you’ll see two lines from the upper half of the character set: JAPANESE displays “バパヒビピフブプヘベペホボポマミ”

LCD_LANGUAGE: The LCD language and encoding to compile in. For example, pt-br_utf8 specifies Portuguese (Brazil) in UTF-8 format with a mapper. For a faster, lighter, but non-accented translation you might choose pt-br instead.

Once you’ve played with LEDs, switches and stepper motors the next natural step is 16×2 alphanumeric LCD modules. These modules are cheap (less than $10) and easy to interface to the Raspberry Pi. They have 16 connections but you only need to use 6 GPIO pins on your Pi.

Most of the 16×2 modules available are compatible with the Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller. This allows you to buy almost any device and be sure it is going to work in much the same way as any other. There are loads to choose from on eBay with different coloured backlights. The one I purchased had a blue backlight.

This script can be downloaded using this link or directly to your Pi using the following command :wget https://bitbucket.org/MattHawkinsUK/rpispy-misc/raw/master/python/lcd_16x2.py

Additional Notes : RS is low when sending a command to the LCD and high when sending a character. RW is always low to ensure we only ever input data into the module. 8 bit bytes are sent 4 bits at a time. Top 4 bits first and the last 4 bits second. Delays are added between certain steps to ensure the module can react to the signal before it changes.

Today I am going to interface LCD to STM32 using an I2C device (PCF8574). PCF8574can be used as a port extender, to which LCD will be connected. If you haven’t read my previous post about I2C go check that out HERE.

Well you generally don’t but as I mentioned in my previous article that we can connect up to 128 devices on the same I2C line and let’s say we want to connect two different LCDs on the same I2C line, than we can’t use two PCF8574 with same addresses and we need to modify one of them.

As shown in the figure above, first pin of the device is Vsswhich is pin 1 of LCD. So all you have to do is connect first pins of the LCD to Vssabove and rest will connect accordingly. Starting with Vss as first pin, connection is as follows:-

As according to the datasheet of the LCD 16×2, in order to initialize the LCD, we have to use some sequence of commands. The code is commented properly, so that you can understand it better

Let’s interface LCD with LPC2148 ARM7 Microcontroller. In most of embedded systems applications, the need for a display is must. We can use display to represent text, numeric data or even graphics. JHD162A is a 16×2 character LCD module which is compatible to HD44780 drivers from Hitachi. The JHD162A has 16 pins and can be interfaced into 4-bit or 8-bit mode. We will get into that in a minute. In this tutorial we will be using 4-bit mode to interface LCD with LPC2148 Microcontroller.

NOTE: Procedure to interface LCD with LPC2148 ARM7 Microcontroller could be little bit different when compared to other 8-bit microcontrollers such as 8051, AVR and other chips which operates at 5V. Usually, LCD operates at 5V but LPC2148 operates at 3.3V. So we have to take care of this fact. Since, the board we will be using for our experiment have on board +5V so we don’t need to use any level shifter circuit. Otherwise, you may need to wire up additional circuitry. We’ll get into that later in circuit diagram.

The JHD162A has 16 Pins. This LCD controller can be operated in 4-bit or 8-bit mode. You can easily buy this cheap china made LCD in almost every supplier shop. Let’s first try to understand its pins and related functions. I recommend you to keep datasheet in-hand, to download click here: JHD162A LCD Datasheet

Before wiring up circuit between JHD162A LCD and LPC2148 Microcontroller. Let’s understand function of each pin provided on JHD162A LCD Module and are given as below:

PIN3 (VEE): This pin usually used to adjust a contrast. This is usually done by connecting 10K potentiometer to +5V and ground and then connecting slider pin to VEE of LCD Module. This voltage across VEE pin defines the contrast. In general case this voltage is between 0.4V to 0.9V.

PIN4 (RS): This pin referred as Register Select (RS). The JHD126A LCD has two registers called command register & data register. Logic HIGH (‘1’) at Pin RS selects data register and Logic LOW (‘0’) at Pin RS will select command register. When we make RS Pin HIGH and put data on data lines (DB0-DB7). It will be recognized as data. And if we make RS Pin LOW and put any value on data lines, then it will recognizes as a command.

You might be wondering why we are using 4-bit and not 8-bit mode to Interface LCD with LPC2148 ARM7 Microcontroller. Here I have presented some differences.

To establish proper communication and interface between JHD162A LCD with LPC2148 Microcontroller. We need to supply commands in a given order to the data pins with small amount of delay in between to initialize LCD properly. These commands are listed in given table. We’ will use these commands in our program.

*This example project has been tested on STK2148-UltraLite Development Board.EXAMPLE PROJECT: Let’s display custom text on to LCD screen. Here we will interface JHD162A LCD with LPC2148 ARM7Microcontroller. The connection between LCD pins and LPC2148 into 4-bit mode has shown as below. We also have presented fully functioning program and free to download project.

This is how we can interface LCD with LPC2148 ARM7 Microcontroller to display text message on LCD screen. Since explanation of code is not in the scope of this tutorial, we will soon upload videos for code explanation. We will suggest you to play little bit around code to explore functionality of JHD162A LCD Module. We will use LCD in our future projects while displaying ADC data, Sensor output on LCD display. If you have any questions then feel free to leave a comment.