Uncertain behaviour in ARM microcontroller on reset

hiiiiiiiii,

i am interfacing LCD to my ARM microcontroller (PHILIPS LPC2138).i am
able to program the LCD ,but it is uncertain.

the problem is that when i reset my microcontroller or my development
board the LCD is programmed and it displays the messages sent to it
but when i reset it again it goes blank and after another reset it
works fine again.

so LCD gets programmed alternately. also i am using a 16x2 LCD  .

please suggest some solution to this .i have initialised the lcd by
sending 0x28 , 0x0f,0x01,0x80,0x06 with 20ms duration for each and i
am working with LCD in 4 bit mode .

please suggest whether the problem is with microcontroller or with
LCD ..however i have tried with three LCD's for same logic.

On May 24, 2:42 am, abhay <abhaym...@gmail.com> wrote:

> the problem is that when i reset my microcontroller or my development
> board the LCD is programmed and it displays the messages sent to it
> but when i reset it again it goes blank and after another reset it
> works fine again.

> am working with LCD in 4 bit mode .

This is the reason. The LCD powers up in 8-bit mode. You program it
into 4-bit mode with a single 8-bit write that has DB0-3 floating; no
problem. Then you reset your micro, but the LCD is NOT reset; it is in
4-bit mode still.

The first write that your micro sends on POR is an 8-bit (single write
strobe) command to set 4-bit mode. But since the LCD is still in 4-bit
mode it expects to see two write strobes before the command is
accepted.

Follow the flowcharts in your LCD controller's datasheet more closely,
this behavior is avoided if you do so.

On May 24, 6:40 pm, larwe <zwsdot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 24, 2:42 am, abhay <abhaym...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > the problem is that when i reset my microcontroller or my development
> > board the LCD is programmed and it displays the messages sent to it
> > but when i reset it again it goes blank and after another reset it
> > works fine again.
> > am working with LCD in 4 bit mode .
>
> This is the reason. The LCD powers up in 8-bit mode. You program it
> into 4-bit mode with a single 8-bit write that has DB0-3 floating; no
> problem. Then you reset your micro, but the LCD is NOT reset; it is in
> 4-bit mode still.
>
> The first write that your micro sends on POR is an 8-bit (single write
> strobe) command to set 4-bit mode. But since the LCD is still in 4-bit
> mode it expects to see two write strobes before the command is
> accepted.
>
> Follow the flowcharts in your LCD controller's datasheet more closely,
> this behavior is avoided if you do so.

hiiiiiiii larwe

I did not get your point "The first write that your micro sends on POR
is an 8-bit (single write strobe) command to set 4-bit mode."
i have connected only four port pins of my micro to the four MSB's of
LCD(D4-D7) so how can i send an 8 bit command .Also i am sending
commands
only in 4 bit mode as the rest of the pins of LCD are floating .

What do you mean by POR ?

On May 25, 2:21 am, abhay <abhaym...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I did not get your point "The first write that your micro sends on POR
> is an 8-bit (single write strobe) command to set 4-bit mode."

The LCD is in 8-bit mode when it powers up. Therefore the very first
command you send it is an 8-bit command (single write strobe), even
though your micro is only asserting data on lines 4-7.

I repeat: read the LCD controller datasheet. It will have an
initialization sequence documented. The controllers I use specify that
the set mode command should be sent three times; the first time with a
single write strobe, then two 4-bit commands, with a 37us delay
between each.

> What do you mean by POR ?

Power On Reset.