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Sparkfun Serial LCD Driver

 
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Gabriel



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Sparkfun Serial LCD Driver
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:54 pm     Reply with quote

Hi All,

I wrote this little helper driver for the Sparkfun 4x20 Serial LCD.
This makes writing to the LCD more natural or CCS like.

Simply put: It automates the use of '\r' - '\n' - '\f'.

I'm using it with software serial.

Streamception.

So far it seems to be working as expected, with proper text wrapping.
Feel free to improve.

yes: that particular screen was a PIC16F88 onboard, which could easily be reprogrammed with Flex_LCD and controlled serially with custom code and improvements and blackjack and hookers.... yes.

Edit: 12/10/2016 - Slight correction to the "Select_Line(x,y)" function.
Code:

//*************************** Sparkfun Serial LCD Driver**************************
// Author: Gabriel Barrios
// Date: 04/10/2016
// Panama, Rep. Panama.
//********************************************************************************
// This driver controls the Sparkfun 20x4 Serial LCD.
// It automates the use of '\r' - '\n' - '\f'.
// This is because I found it terribly inconvenient to send control commands
// mid code instead of just pushing a '\r' and the end of my printfs.
// The Driver includes other little comfort codes like cursor positioning, toggling
// of the Cursor and Backlight On/Off control.
// A small Splash Screen changer function is included too.
//
// NOTE: when printing to the screen, since the printf calls this "middle man" function
// and not an actual stream, prints are done with "printf" and NOT "fprintf"
//
//***************************** Examples *****************************************
//   On your main or elseware:
//
//        Select_Line(2,0);   //place cursor at line 3,position 0
//         printf(Serial_LCD,"\fTemp:-2.67C\r\n");   //print your stuff
//         Backlight(1);   //Backlight On


//LCD Control Special Characters
#define LCD_CTRL 0xFE      //LCD Cursor/Text Special Character
#define LCD_SETTINGS 0x7C    //LCD Settings Special Character

//LCD Instructions to be used with above Special Characters
#define CLEAR_DISPLAY 0x01
#define CURSOR_ON 0x0D
#define CURSOR_OFF 0x0C
#define BACKLIGHT_ON 0x80
#define BACKLIGHT_OFF 0x9D

// Define the Stream the LCD is going to use.
#use rs232(baud=9600, xmit=PIN_C4, rcv=PIN_F2, ERRORS,STREAM=LCD)//LCD

// Globals to track the cursor
int Current_Line=0;
int Cursor_Position=0;
int Cursor_Tracker=0;

// Function Definitions
void Serial_LCD(char);
void Blink_Cursor(int1);
void Select_Line(char, char);
void Backlight(int1 State);
void Splash_Screen();

//*********************************************************************************
//                     Write New Splash Screen
//*********************************************************************************
// Call this Function ONCE in your code, and then dont call ever again unless you
// want to change the splash screen again.
// These changes will save on the Screens EEPROM and survive power cycles
void Splash_Screen()
{
delay_ms(2000);
printf(Serial_LCD,"\f");
delay_ms(2000);
Select_Line(0,0);
printf(Serial_LCD,"  ALL YOUR BASE ARE ");
Select_Line(1,0);
printf(Serial_LCD,"    BELONG TO US    ");
delay_ms(2000);
fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",0x7C,0x0A);
delay_ms(2000);
}
//*********************************************************************************
//                        Backlight Control
//*********************************************************************************
// Call it with a 1 or 0 to toggle the Backlight LED
void Backlight(int1 State)
{
   if(State==1)
   fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_SETTINGS,BACKLIGHT_ON);
   else
   fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_SETTINGS,BACKLIGHT_OFF);
}
//*********************************************************************************
//                        Cursor Blink
//*********************************************************************************
// Call it with a 1 or 0 to enable or disable cursor blink
void Blink_Cursor(int1 State)
{
   if(State==1)
   fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_CTRL,CURSOR_ON);
   else
   fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_CTRL,CURSOR_OFF);
}

//*********************************************************************************
//                     Cursor Position/Goto_xy
//*********************************************************************************
// Call it with a line number (0-3) and a row number (0-19)
void Select_Line(char line, char cursor)
{
   if(line==0)Cursor_Position=128+cursor;
   if(line==1)Cursor_Position=192+cursor;
   if(line==2)Cursor_Position=148+cursor;
   if(line==3)Cursor_Position=212+cursor;
   Current_line=line;
   Cursor_Tracker=cursor;
   fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_CTRL,Cursor_Position);
}

//*********************************************************************************
//                        Printf Control
//*********************************************************************************
// This function enables the use of regular CCS print format chars like \r \n \f.
// It also handles the Wrap arounds so that these characters keep working after the
// screen has automatically wrapped.
void Serial_LCD(char next_char)
{
   switch (next_char)
   {
      case '\f':
      {
         fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_CTRL,CLEAR_DISPLAY);
         Current_line=0;
         Cursor_Position=128;
         Cursor_Tracker=0;
         delay_ms(100);
         break;
      }
      case '\r':
      {
         if(Current_line==0)Cursor_Position=128;
         if(Current_line==1)Cursor_Position=192;
         if(Current_line==2)Cursor_Position=148;
         if(Current_line==3)Cursor_Position=212;
         Cursor_Tracker=0;
         fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_CTRL,Cursor_Position);
         delay_ms(100);
         break;
      }
      case '\n':
      {
         if(Current_line==0)Cursor_Position=192+Cursor_Tracker;
         if(Current_line==1)Cursor_Position=148+Cursor_Tracker;
         if(Current_line==2)Cursor_Position=212+Cursor_Tracker;
         if(Current_line==3)Cursor_Position=128+Cursor_Tracker;
         Current_line++;
         if(Current_Line>3)Current_line=0;
         fprintf(LCD,"%c%c",LCD_CTRL,Cursor_Position);
         delay_ms(100);
         break;
      }
      default:
      {
         fputc(next_char,LCD);
         Cursor_Tracker++;
         if(Cursor_Tracker>20)
         {
            Cursor_Tracker=0;
            if(Current_line==0){Cursor_Position=192;Current_line=1;}
            else if(Current_line==1){Cursor_Position=148;Current_line=2;}
            else if(Current_line==2){Cursor_Position=212;Current_line=3;}
            else {Cursor_Position=128;Current_line=0;}
         }
         break;
      }
   }
}


Enjoy.

G.
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