Interface a HD44780 Character LCD with a PIC Microcontroller
Introduction An HD44780 Character LCD is a liquid crystal display (LCD) display device designed for interfacing with embedded systems. These screens come in a variety of configurations including 8×1,...
View ArticleBuild your own “2-Wire LCD Interface” using the PIC16C84 microcontroller
2-Wire LCD Interface for the PICMicro Alphanumeric LCD displays have become very popular for microcontroller applications because they can add a lot to a project in a variety of different ways. A text...
View ArticlePIC 16C84 VT-52 Emulator for Linux
Features Fits in one half height 5.25″ drive bay. Back light 16 x 2 lines LCD (Hitachi Compatible) display. 4 Selection buttons, arranged so that it looks like an ATM machine. RS232 19,200 baud...
View ArticleLow cost LCD module interface with optional LED backlight using PIC18F452
Here are the technical specifications: LCD resolution: 128 x 64 pixels LCD manufacturer: DisplayTech. LCD model 1: 64128COG-FA-BC (no backlight) LCD model 2: 64128G-FC-BW-3 (white LED backlight)...
View ArticleSerial LCDs you can make your own using PIC12F683
HD44780 based LCD displays are very popular for embedded projects because they are cheap, easy to interface, can display characters, consume power lot less than seven-segment displays, and most of the...
View ArticleInterfacing LCD Modules with PIC Microcontrollers.
A large number of embedded project require some type of user interface. This includes displaying numerical, textual and graphical data to user. For very simple numerical display we can use 7 segment...
View ArticleLCD Serial Terminal using PIC16F84
LCD Serial Terminal Introduction: In the 1980s a serial terminal was a big thing with a picture tube and keyboard. You used it to communicate with a computer by RS-232 cable or with a modem. In this...
View ArticleSerial LCD Library using PIC16C84
Here is a library to interface your PIC code to an LCD that is controlled via a serial line. One such LCD is available from Scott Edwards Electronics. There are many others, and the code shown here can...
View ArticleEasy Debugging Terminal using PIC16F84
Introduction This LCD terminal provide two modes of operation by selecting jumper J1. When J1 is open the terminal operate as a normal ascii display terminal, when J1 is closed the terminal displays...
View ArticleNokia 3315 / 3310 LCD interfacing with Microcontroller
Displaying content on a normal alphanumeric display is very limited ,we have to be limited with the font size and we can’t draw any graphics also. but convention Graphics lcd are really very expensive...
View ArticleLCD Module Control over IR Link using PIC16F690
Recently I got my hands on a couple of HSDL-1100 based IR transceivers and a KS070B LCD display module. This was a nice opportunity to experiment with three things: (1) controlling an LCD module, (2)...
View ArticleMessage Pump using PIC16F687 microcontroller
Brief: The Message Pump A.K.A. the USB to LCD Backpack is a device that allows you to connect a LCD display directly to your computer. It uses a PIC micro-controller, to drive the LCD and a FTDI USB...
View ArticlePIC32 Multimedia Expansion Board Review Video
Review of the Multimedia Expansion Board for the PIC32 Start Kits from Microchip. In this review I’m going to show the board and it’s periphirals, and then I will show a couple of demostration...
View ArticleHow to interface 16×2 LCD in 4-bit mode with PIC18F4550
The 16×2 character LCD can work in two modes, namely, 8-bit and 4-bit. These modes basically correspond to the number of data pins used in interfacing LCD. 8-bit mode uses all the data lines and has...
View ArticleDisplaying Images on Graphical Lcd(JHD12864E) using Pic16f877 Microcontroller
Here in this post i am going to teach you how to display images on Graphical lcd using Pic Microcontroller(16F877). I am using JHD12864E graphical LcD in my Project. JHD12864E is 128×64 dimension lcd....
View ArticleHow to display custom characters on LCD using PIC16F84A
This post explains the idea of creating custom characters on any LCD ( e-g on 16×2 LCD ) which has HD44780U controller in it. Almost all 16×2 or 20×2 LCDs have HD44780U controller in them[1]. This...
View ArticlePIC16F84A LCD interfacing code (In 4bit mode) and Proteus simulation
This post provides the LCD[1] interfacing code in 4bit mode using PIC16F84A microcontroller. This code is written in C language using MPLAB with HI-TECH C compiler. You can download this code from the...
View ArticleHow to implement free running counter in PIC16F84A using seven segment display
This post provides the implementation of free running counter ( using c language ) for PIC16F84A micro-controller. This code is written in such a way that, the counter starts from a value of ‘0’ (...
View ArticleUsing an LCD’s for Graphics Animation using PIC16C84
This project uses Myke’s 2-Wire LCD Interface from last week and will help teach you “Graphics Animation” using LCD’s. Last week, I showed how the PICMicro could be connected up to a Hitachi 44780 LCD...
View Article2-wire LCD interface using PIC16CF84
Alphanumeric LCD displays have become very popular for microcontroller applications because they can add a lot to a project in a variety of different ways. A text message giving the user instructions...
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