#include "ShiftLCD.h" #include #include #include #include "WProgram.h" /** * This is a modified version of the standard LiquidCrystal class that * ships with the Arduino software. * * It has been modified to work with either one or two eight bit shift registers * in 4 and 8 bit mode respectivly * * The original file was released under the LGPL licence which I have to confess * I found more than a little confusing. I belive that I am obligated to release * this software under the GPL licence, as it is a derivitive work: * (if not, I am very sorry and please tell me what I should hve done) * ******************************************************************************* ShiftLCD, allows the HD44780 LCD to be opertaed via a shift register Copyright (C) 2010 Chris Parish This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . ******************************************************************************* * Please see the example files for usage information */ ShiftLCD::ShiftLCD(uint8_t dp, uint8_t cp, uint8_t lp, uint8_t mode) { init (dp, cp, lp, mode); } void ShiftLCD::init(uint8_t dp, uint8_t cp, uint8_t lp, uint8_t mode) { _data_pin = dp; _clock_pin = cp; _latch_pin = lp; _backlight = LCD_BL_PIN; pinMode(_data_pin, OUTPUT); pinMode(_clock_pin, OUTPUT); pinMode(_latch_pin, OUTPUT); if (mode <= 4) _displayfunction = LCD_4BITMODE | LCD_1LINE | LCD_5x8DOTS; else _displayfunction = LCD_8BITMODE | LCD_1LINE | LCD_5x8DOTS; begin(16, 1); } void ShiftLCD::begin(uint8_t cols, uint8_t lines, uint8_t dotsize) { if (lines > 1) { _displayfunction |= LCD_2LINE; } _numlines = lines; _currline = 0; // for some 1 line displays you can select a 10 pixel high font if ((dotsize != 0) && (lines == 1)) { _displayfunction |= LCD_5x10DOTS; } // SEE PAGE 45/46 FOR INITIALIZATION SPECIFICATION! // according to datasheet, we need at least 40ms after power rises above 2.7V // before sending commands. Arduino can turn on way befer 4.5V so we'll wait 50 delayMicroseconds(50000); // clear the shift register by sending 16 0's to it shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, B00000000); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, B00000000); //put the LCD into 4 bit or 8 bit mode if (! (_displayfunction & LCD_8BITMODE)) { // this is according to the hitachi HD44780 datasheet // figure 24, pg 46 // we start in 8bit mode, try to set 4 bit mode write4bits(0x03, LOW); delayMicroseconds(4500); // wait min 4.1ms // second try write4bits(0x03, LOW); delayMicroseconds(4500); // wait min 4.1ms // third go! write4bits(0x03, LOW); delayMicroseconds(150); // finally, set to 8-bit interface write4bits(0x02, LOW); } else { // this is according to the hitachi HD44780 datasheet // page 45 figure 23 // Send function set command sequence command(LCD_FUNCTIONSET | _displayfunction); delayMicroseconds(4500); // wait more than 4.1ms // second try command(LCD_FUNCTIONSET | _displayfunction); delayMicroseconds(150); // third go command(LCD_FUNCTIONSET | _displayfunction); } // finally, set # lines, font size, etc. command(LCD_FUNCTIONSET | _displayfunction); // turn the display on with no cursor or blinking default _displaycontrol = LCD_DISPLAYON | LCD_CURSOROFF | LCD_BLINKOFF; display(); // clear it off clear(); // Initialize to default text direction (for romance languages) _displaymode = LCD_ENTRYLEFT | LCD_ENTRYSHIFTDECREMENT; // set the entry mode command(LCD_ENTRYMODESET | _displaymode); } /********** high level commands, for the user! */ void ShiftLCD::clear() { command(LCD_CLEARDISPLAY); // clear display, set cursor position to zero delayMicroseconds(2000); // this command takes a long time! } void ShiftLCD::home() { command(LCD_RETURNHOME); // set cursor position to zero delayMicroseconds(2000); // this command takes a long time! } void ShiftLCD::setCursor(uint8_t col, uint8_t row) { int row_offsets[] = { 0x00, 0x40, 0x14, 0x54 }; if ( row > _numlines ) { row = _numlines-1; // we count rows starting w/0 } command(LCD_SETDDRAMADDR | (col + row_offsets[row])); } // Turn the display on/off (quickly) void ShiftLCD::noDisplay() { _displaycontrol &= ~LCD_DISPLAYON; command(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | _displaycontrol); } void ShiftLCD::display() { _displaycontrol |= LCD_DISPLAYON; command(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | _displaycontrol); } // Turns the underline cursor on/off void ShiftLCD::noCursor() { _displaycontrol &= ~LCD_CURSORON; command(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | _displaycontrol); } void ShiftLCD::cursor() { _displaycontrol |= LCD_CURSORON; command(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | _displaycontrol); } // Turn on and off the blinking cursor void ShiftLCD::noBlink() { _displaycontrol &= ~LCD_BLINKON; command(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | _displaycontrol); } void ShiftLCD::blink() { _displaycontrol |= LCD_BLINKON; command(LCD_DISPLAYCONTROL | _displaycontrol); } // These commands scroll the display without changing the RAM void ShiftLCD::scrollDisplayLeft(void) { command(LCD_CURSORSHIFT | LCD_DISPLAYMOVE | LCD_MOVELEFT); } void ShiftLCD::scrollDisplayRight(void) { command(LCD_CURSORSHIFT | LCD_DISPLAYMOVE | LCD_MOVERIGHT); } // This is for text that flows Left to Right void ShiftLCD::leftToRight(void) { _displaymode |= LCD_ENTRYLEFT; command(LCD_ENTRYMODESET | _displaymode); } // This is for text that flows Right to Left void ShiftLCD::rightToLeft(void) { _displaymode &= ~LCD_ENTRYLEFT; command(LCD_ENTRYMODESET | _displaymode); } // This will 'right justify' text from the cursor void ShiftLCD::autoscroll(void) { _displaymode |= LCD_ENTRYSHIFTINCREMENT; command(LCD_ENTRYMODESET | _displaymode); } // This will 'left justify' text from the cursor void ShiftLCD::noAutoscroll(void) { _displaymode &= ~LCD_ENTRYSHIFTINCREMENT; command(LCD_ENTRYMODESET | _displaymode); } // This will turn the backlight on void ShiftLCD::backlightOn(void) { _backlight = LCD_BL_PIN; updateBacklight(); } // This will turn the backlight off void ShiftLCD::backlightOff(void) { _backlight &= ~LCD_BL_PIN; updateBacklight(); } // Allows us to fill the first 8 CGRAM locations // with custom characters void ShiftLCD::createChar(uint8_t location, uint8_t charmap[]) { location &= 0x7; // we only have 8 locations 0-7 command(LCD_SETCGRAMADDR | (location << 3)); for (int i=0; i<8; i++) { write(charmap[i]); } } /*********** mid level commands, for sending data/cmds */ inline void ShiftLCD::command(uint8_t value) { send(value, false); } inline void ShiftLCD::write(uint8_t value) { send(value, true); } /************ low level data pushing commands **********/ void ShiftLCD::updateBacklight(void) { if (_displayfunction & LCD_8BITMODE) { digitalWrite(_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, _backlight); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, B00000000); digitalWrite(_latch_pin, LOW); } else { digitalWrite(_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, _backlight); digitalWrite(_latch_pin, LOW); } } // write either command or data, with automatic 4/8-bit selection void ShiftLCD::send(uint8_t value, uint8_t mode) { if (_displayfunction & LCD_8BITMODE) { write8bits(value, mode); } else { write4bits(value>>4, mode); write4bits(value, mode); } } void ShiftLCD::write4bits(uint8_t value, uint8_t mode) { int EN_SWITCH = B00000010; int RS_SWITCH = B00000001; int cmd = 0; int data = 0; if (!mode) { cmd = 0 | _backlight; } else { cmd = LCD_RS_PIN | _backlight; } data = value<<4 & B11110000; cmd |= EN_SWITCH; digitalWrite(_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, data | cmd); digitalWrite(_latch_pin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(1); cmd &= ~EN_SWITCH; digitalWrite(_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut (_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, data | cmd); digitalWrite(_latch_pin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(1); cmd |= EN_SWITCH; digitalWrite(_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, data | cmd); digitalWrite(_latch_pin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(100); } void ShiftLCD::write8bits(uint8_t value, uint8_t mode) { int EN_SWITCH = B00000010; int RS_SWITCH = B00000001; int cmd = 0; if (!mode) { cmd = 0; } else { cmd = RS_SWITCH; } //set enable low cmd |= EN_SWITCH; digitalWrite (_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, cmd); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, value); digitalWrite (_latch_pin, LOW); //delay (500); //set enable high; cmd &= ~EN_SWITCH; digitalWrite (_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, cmd); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, value); digitalWrite (_latch_pin, LOW); delayMicroseconds (1); //delay (500); //set enable low cmd |= EN_SWITCH; digitalWrite (_latch_pin, HIGH); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, cmd); shiftOut(_data_pin, _clock_pin, LSBFIRST, value); digitalWrite (_latch_pin, LOW); delayMicroseconds (100); }