LCD automatic management?

[ruijc]

Greetings,

I finished one more aplication but i just dont like the visual outcome on my LCD.

I have a common 16x2 LCD and i have a screen where i have on the first line the Max value, Average value and minimum value indications and for the second line shows the values.

The problem is that with 3 digit values the spacing is correct, but with 1 digit values the spacing is way off ( please see attached pictures ).
There would be nice if the values were always under the names.

Is there a simple way or making it automatic to manage the screen according to the value sizes ?

Thanks

[mackrackit]

Looks like you are just putting a "space" between the values on the second line.

The first position on the second line is 80. If you always want something to start at the second position then tell it to start at 80+2., then the nest set of data could start at 80+7 and so on.

The only problen is if the data is to long to fit in the space provided.

[ruijc]

Hi mackrackit,

thanks for your help

The values will only have 3 digits max.

This is the code i used:

lcdout $fe,2," MAX  AVG  MIN  " 
lcdout $fe,$c0," ",DEC MAXIMO,"C ",DEC MEDIA,"C ",DEC MINIMO,"C     "

I'm not able to try this now, but your sugestion is something like this ?

lcdout $fe,2," MAX  AVG  MIN  " 
lcdout $fe,81,DEC MAXIMO,"C"
lcdout $fe,87,DEC MEDIA,"C"
lcdout $fe,8c,DEC MINIMO,"C"

My best regards
Rui

[mackrackit]

CORRECTION... I said second line 80... C0 is correct.

So

lcdout $fe,2," MAX  AVG  MIN  " 
lcdout $fe,C0,DEC MAXIMO,"C" 'Starts at fist space
lcdout $fe,C6,DEC MEDIA,"C"    'Starts at space 6
lcdout $fe,CB,DEC MINIMO,"C"  'Starts at space 11

[ruijc]

thanks

.

[Archangel]

CORRECTION... I said second line 80... C0 is correct.

So

lcdout $fe,2," MAX  AVG  MIN  " 
lcdout $fe,C0,DEC MAXIMO,"C" 'Starts at fist space
lcdout $fe,C6,DEC MEDIA,"C"    'Starts at space 6
lcdout $fe,CB,DEC MINIMO,"C"  'Starts at space 11

Ahem: 80 <>$80

[mackrackit]

Ahem: 80 <>$80

OOPPS

Thanks Joe

lcdout $fe,$C0,DEC MAXIMO,"C" 'Starts at fist space
lcdout $fe,$C6,DEC MEDIA,"C"    'Starts at space 6
lcdout $fe,$CB,DEC MINIMO,"C"  'Starts at space 11