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Arduino to LCD Panel 1 Interface

by Bud Justen

The following is a description of testing the LCD Front Panel Set: 2x16 LCD w/HD44780 controller.

The following steps apply:

1. Attach 40 pin IDE cable with red stripe to pin 1 of LCD Panel.

2. Attach breadboard type jumper wires (Qty 9) between IDE and Arduino PCB using figure 1.

Figure 1: Cable Connections between LCD Panel
and Arduino UNO for LCD Test using 4bit mode
LCD
Signal
Name
LCD
Panel
Pin     
IDE
Cable
Jumper
Wire
     
Arduino
PCB    
Udd 1....... 1....... 1........ 5V
Uss 2....... 2....... 2........ gnd
RS 3....... 3....... 3........ I/O pin 2
NC 4....... 4....... 4
E 5....... 5....... 5........ I/O pin 4
RW 6....... 6....... 6........ I/O pin 3
DB1 7....... 7....... 7
DB0 8....... 8....... 8
DB3 9....... 9....... 9
DB2 10..... 10..... 10
DB5 11..... 11..... 11....... I/O pin 10
DB4 12..... 12..... 12....... I/O pin 9
DB7 13..... 13..... 13....... I/O pin 12
DB6 14..... 14..... 14....... I/O pin 11

3. Before applying any power, verify connections as shown in these photos (click for larger version)


The Big Picture


The Even Pins 2,6,12,14

The Odd Pins 1,3,5,11,13

Pin 1

Pin 2

Pin 3

Pin 4

4. Attach USB cable from PC to Arduino UNO PCB.

5. Startup Arduino IDE

6. Open sketch LCD_write2lines.pde

7. upload to Arduino PCB

8. Upload should complete with no errors and "1st Hello World and 2nd Hello World" should appear across 2 Rows of the LCD

9. If Display appears dark, adjust contrast potentiometer next to LCD.

Notes on cable attachment:

Attached 40 pin IDE cable to LCD Panel with Red Stripe end to pin 1.

Attached 9 jumper wires from IDE to Arduino UNO PCB

The notch side of IDE cable has ODD pins (1,3,5,11,13) jumpered to UNO PCB

The non.notch side of IDE cable has even pins 2,6,12,14) jumpered to UNO PCB

If only the write to display is required, then the RW line on pin 6 of the LCD panel can be grounded. This would require one less jumper wire and would free up one of the Arduino I/O ports. I grounded pin 6 and the program worked fine.

Code to print to both lines of LCD Panel

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

// set constants to screen dimensions:
const int numRows = 2;
const int numCols = 16;

//specify which Arduino I/O pins = RS,RW,E,DB4,DB5,DB6,DB7
LiquidCrystal lcd(2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12);

void setup()
{
	// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
	lcd.begin(numCols,numRows);//specify screen dimensions
	lcd.clear();//clear the screen
	lcd.setCursor(0,0); // set cursor to col 0 row 0
	lcd.print("Wait a second");// print from cursor location
	delay(1000); // wait 1 second
	lcd.setCursor(0,0); // set cursor to col 0 row 0
	lcd.print("1st Hello World!");// print from cursor location
	delay(1000); // wait 1 second
	lcd.setCursor(0,1); // set cursor to col 0 row 1
	lcd.print("2nd Hello World!");// print on row 1
}

void loop() {}




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