Character LCD display over I2C

Connect HD44780 LCD character display to Windows 10 IoT devices via I2C and PCF8574

Author: Jaroslav Zivny
Version: 1.1
Keywords: Windows IoT, LCD, HD44780, PCF8574, I2C bus, Raspberry Pi 2
Git: https://github.com/DzeryCZ/Character-LCD-over-I2C

Connect

Basic usage (tl;dr)

Initialization

I2C bus is initialized by library constructor. You have to define there also PCF8574 pins.

displayI2C lcd = new displayI2C(DEVICE_I2C_ADDRESS, I2C_CONTROLLER_NAME, RS, RW, EN, D4, D5, D6, D7, BL);

Default DEVICE_I2C_ADDRESS is 0x27 (you can change it by A0-2 pins on PCF8574 - for more info please read datasheet)

I2C_CONTROLLER_NAME for Raspberry Pi 2 is "I2C1" (For Arduino it should be "I2C5", but I did't test it.)

Other arguments are: RS = 0, RW = 1, EN = 2, D4 = 4, D5 = 5, D6 = 6, D7 = 7, BL = 3 (by default)

But the number of pins depends on your PCF8574.

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Initialization of HD44780 display do by init method. More info

lcd.init();

Print string

Print string just by prints method e.g.

lcd.prints("Good morning");

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Methods

init

Initialize HD44780 display

Arguments:

• bool turnOnDisplay (default: true)
• bool turnOnCursor (default: false)
• bool blinkCursor (default: false)
• bool cursorDirection (default: true)
• bool textShift (default: false)

turnOnBacklight

Turn the Back light ON

No arguments

turnOffBacklight

Turn the Back light OFF

No arguments

prints

Print string to display

Arguments:

• string text

printc

Print char to display

Arguments:

• char letter

gotoSecondLine

Move cursor to start of the second line

No arguments

gotoxy

Move cursor to X and Y coordinates

Arguments:

• byte x
• byte y

clrscr

Clear screen and move cursor to start

No arguments

createSymbol

Create custom symbol

Arguments:

• byte[] data
• byte address

printSymbol

Print custom symbol

Arguments:

• byte address

Changelog

v 1.1

• faster rendering of characters

v 1.0

• vanilla version

Contribute

If you find mistakes, things that could be done better, feel free to contribute!

Copyright

Copyright (©) 2015 Jaroslav Živný.

Distributed under the MIT License.