liquid-crystal-spi (community library)

Summary

Name Value
Name liquid-crystal-spi
Version 0.0.1
Installs 1175
License GNU GPLv3
Author David A. Mellis, Limor Fried, Tom Igoe, Juan Hernandez, Technobly
URL https://github.com/technobly/sparkcore-liquidcrystalspi
Repository https://github.com/technobly/sparkcore-liquidcrystalspi.git
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A Hardware and Software SPI driven LiquidCrystal library for Spark Core.

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SparkCore-LiquidCrystalSPI

A Hardware and Software SPI driven LiquidCrystal library for Spark Core.

Universally Supports:

  • Standard Hitachi HD44780 based LCDs in 4-bit mode
  • Adafruit's 16x2 OLED Display (Winstar)
  • Sparkfun's 16x2 OLED Display (ADH Technology Co. Ltd.)

Grab the RAW version of each file and place into your web IDE as follows:

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If you are building locally, place the files here:

..\core-firmware\inc\liquid-crystal-spi.h
..\core-firmware\src\application.cpp (renamed from lcd-soft-spi.cpp)
..\core-firmware\src\liquid-crystal-spi.cpp
..\core-firmware\src\build.mk (optional, if you have your own make file going, just add the liquid-crystal-spi.cpp to it)

###Hardware SPI Wiring (default)### wiring (image removed)

###Hardware SPI Example Code (default)###

// Create an instance of the library for HARDWARE SPI mode (define SS "latch" pin)
// Default SS pin is A2, but can be ANY of the A0 - A2, A6, A7 or D0 - D7 pins.
// Just make sure you don't redefine this pin as some other peripheral later in your code.
LiquidCrystal lcd(A2);

void setup() {
// initialize the SPI ( Must call this before begin()! )
lcd.initSPI();
// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
lcd.begin(16, 2);
// Print a message to the LCD.
lcd.print("Hello, Sparky!");
}

void loop() {
// set the cursor to column 0, line 1
// (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0):
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
// print the number of seconds since reset:
lcd.print(millis()/1000);
delay(100);
}

###Software SPI Wiring### wiring (image removed)

###Software SPI Example Code###

// Create an instance of the library for SOFTWARE SPI mode (define SS "latch" pin, SCLK pin, SDAT pin)
// These can be ANY of the A0 - A7 or D0 - D7 pins.
// Just make sure you don't redefine them as some other peripheral later in your code.
LiquidCrystal lcd(D2, D3, D4);

void setup() {
// initialize the SPI ( Must call this before begin()! )
lcd.initSPI();
// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
lcd.begin(16, 2);
// Print a message to the LCD.
lcd.print("Hello, Sparky!");
}

void loop() {
// set the cursor to column 0, line 1
// (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0):
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
// print the number of seconds since reset:
lcd.print(millis()/1000);
delay(100);
}

wiring (image removed)

Software SPI is just as fast as 9MHz Hardware SPI so don't be afraid to use it!

Control the backlight via SPI if you have an Adafruit I2C/SPI LCD Backpack

// Create an instance of the library for SOFTWARE SPI mode (define SS "latch" pin, SCLK pin, SDAT pin)
// These can be ANY of the A0 - A7 or D0 - D7 pins.
// Just make sure you don't redefine them as some other peripheral later in your code.
LiquidCrystal lcd(D2, D3, D4);

bool s = false;

void setup() {
// initialize the SPI ( Must call this before begin()! )
lcd.initSPI();
// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
lcd.begin(16, 2);
// turn on the backlight ( Requires initSPI() to be called first )
lcd.backlight();
// Print a message to the LCD.
lcd.print("Backlight Rave!");
}

void loop() {
// Toggle the Backlight on and off, Backlight RAVE!
if(s)
lcd.backlight();
else
lcd.noBacklight();
s = !s;
delay(100);
}

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