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    Hi all,

    I have the PICDEM 2Plus Demo Board 2006
    and i started plaing with it, and now i'm tring to use the LCD dispaly
    i only have the LCD inputs but not the commands

    were can i find the LCD data sheet ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The IceMan View Post
    Hi all,
    I have the PICDEM 2Plus Demo Board 2006
    and i started plaing with it, and now i'm tring to use the LCD dispaly
    i only have the LCD inputs but not the commands
    were can i find the LCD data sheet ?
    Standard Hitachi 44780 parallel LCD module, compatible with PicBasicPro LCDOUT commands. A Google search should give you some good hints on how to run that LCD.

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    Thank you
    now to the digging part


    Do you know any tutarial using the LCD on the PICDEM Board with 16F877A ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The IceMan View Post
    Thank you
    now to the digging part
    Do you know any tutarial using the LCD on the PICDEM Board with 16F877A ?
    Are you actually using MeLabs PicBasic (or PicBasicPro)?..................................... ...
    Disregard earlier statement...didn't realize PicBasic doesn't have an LCDOUT command.
    4 options as I see it
    1)Dive into the datasheets and figure out the timing of the signals of the LCD modules
    2)Search these forums for some premade examples (they're here somewhere)
    3)Search the internet for some premade examples (they're out there somewhere)
    4)Upgrade to PicBasicPro and be done with it...
    Last edited by skimask; - 17th July 2008 at 21:04.

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    From MeLabs website
    Code:
    ' Demonstrate operation of an LCD in 4-bit mode
    
    Symbol  PORTD = 8       ' PORTD is register 8
    Symbol  PORTE = 9       ' PORTD is register 9
    Symbol  TRISD = $88     ' PORTD data direction is register hexadecimal 88
    Symbol  TRISE = $89     ' PORTD data direction is register hexadecimal 89
    Symbol	ADCON1 = $9f	' ADCON1 is register hexadecimal 9f
    
    	Poke ADCON1, 7	' Set analog pins to digital
    	Poke TRISD, 0	' Set all PORTD lines to output
    	Poke TRISE, 0	' Set all PORTE lines to output
    	Poke PORTE, 0	' Start with enable low
    
    	Pause 100	' Wait for LCD to power up
    
    	Gosub lcdinit	' Initialize the lcd
    
    loop:	Gosub lcdclr	' Clear lcd screen
    	For B4 = 0 to 4	' Send string to lcd one letter at a time
    		Lookup B4, ("Hello"), B2	' Get letter from string
    		Gosub lcddata	' Send letter in B2 to lcd
    	Next B4
    	Pause 500	' Wait .5 second
    
    	Gosub lcdclr	' Clear lcd screen
    	For B4 = 0 to 4	' Send string to lcd one letter at a time
    		Lookup B4, ("world"), B2	' Get letter from string
    		Gosub lcddata	' Send letter in B2 to lcd
    	Next B4
    	Pause 500	' Wait .5 second
    
    	Goto loop	' Do it forever
    
    
    ' Subroutine to initialize the lcd - uses B2 and B3
    lcdinit: Pause 15	' Wait at least 15ms
    
    	Poke PORTD, $33	' Initialize the lcd
    	Gosub lcdtog	' Toggle the lcd enable line
    
    	Pause 5		' Wait at least 4.1ms
    
    	Poke PORTD, $33	' Initialize the lcd
    	Gosub lcdtog	' Toggle the lcd enable line
    
    	Pause 1		' Wait at least 100us
    
    	Poke PORTD, $33	' Initialize the lcd
    	Gosub lcdtog	' Toggle the lcd enable line
    
    	Pause 1		' Wait once more for good luck
    
    	Poke PORTD, $22	' Put lcd into 4 bit mode
    	Gosub lcdtog	' Toggle the lcd enable line
    
    	B2 = $28	' 4 bit mode, 2 lines, 5x7 font
    	Gosub lcdcom	' Send B2 to lcd
    
    	B2 = $0c	' Lcd display on, no cursor, no blink
    	Gosub lcdcom	' Send B2 to lcd
    
    	B2 = $06	' Lcd entry mode set, increment, no shift
    	Goto lcdcom	' Exit through send lcd command
    
    ' Subroutine to clear the lcd screen - uses B2 and B3
    lcdclr:	B2 = 1		' Set B2 to clear command and fall through to lcdcom
    
    ' Subroutine to send a command to the lcd - uses B2 and B3
    lcdcom:	Poke PORTE, 0	' Set RS to command
    lcdcd:	B3 = B2 & $f0	' Isolate top 4 bits
    	Poke PORTD, B3	' Send upper 4 bits to lcd
    	Gosub lcdtog	' Toggle the lcd enable line
    
    	B3 = B2 * 16	' Shift botton 4 bits up to top 4 bits
    	Poke PORTD, B3	' Send lower 4 bits to lcd
    	Gosub lcdtog	' Toggle the lcd enable line
    
            Pause 2         ' Wait 2ms for write to complete
    	Return
    
    ' Subroutine to send data to the lcd - uses B2 and B3
    lcddata: Poke PORTE, 1	' Set RS to data
    	Goto lcdcd
     
    ' Subroutine to toggle the lcd enable line
    lcdtog:	Peek PORTE, B0	' Get current PORTE value
    	B0 = B0 | %00000010	' Set lcd enable line high
    	Poke PORTE, B0
    	B0 = B0 & %11111101	' Set lcd enable line low
    	Poke PORTE, B0
    	Return
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    '***************************** LCD Demo For The PICDEM 2 PLUS Board ********************************
    ' Device used pic16F877
    ' port.a1 LCD E enable input
    ' port.a2 LCD R/W read/write bit
    ' port.a3 LCD RS register select bit
    ' port.d0 LCD DB4 data port
    ' port.d1 LCD DB3 data port
    ' port.d2 LCD DB2 data port
    ' port.d3 LCD DB1 data port

    '**************************** Hardware Setup ************************************************** ******
    trisa = %11110001 ' Set port a I/O
    trisb = %11111111 ' Set port b I/O
    trisc = %10000000 ' Set port c I/O
    trisd = %11110000 ' Set port d I/O
    ADCON1 = %10000110 ' Set porta & porte as digital I/O

    '*************************** Program Defines ************************************************** ******
    DEFINE LCD_DREG PORTD ' Set LCD port
    DEFINE LCD_DBIT 0 ' Set starting bit (0 or 4) if 4-bit buss
    DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTA ' Set LCD register select port
    DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 3 ' Set LCD register select port bit
    DEFINE LCD_EREG PORTA ' Set LCD enable port
    DEFINE LCD_EBIT 1 ' Set LCD enable port bit
    DEFINE LCD_BITS 4 ' Set LCD bus size 4 0r 8 bits
    DEFINE LCD_LINES 2 ' Set number of lines on LCD
    DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS 2000 ' Set command delay time in usec
    DEFINE LCD_DATAUS 50 ' Set data delat time in usec

    '*************************** Presets ************************************************** **************
    low porta.2 ' Set write bit

    '**************************** Main Program ************************************************** ********
    DisplayOut:
    lcdout $FE,1,"It is easy to" ' Clear the LCD display,display first line message
    lcdout $FE,$C0,"dislay a message." ' Display second line message
    pause 1000
    goto DisplayOut
    end

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