Greetings all,
Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've honestly
never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD modules (for example:
DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good tutorials around? The
hardware/software connections don't look to be terribly involved and
I've seen a couple of examples, but I'd like to know more...
Thanks,
-Vern
16x2 LCD tutorial?
Started by ●November 1, 2009
Reply by ●November 1, 20092009-11-01
At 10:44 AM 2/11/2009, you wrote:
What I did many moons ago was to grab a datasheet from a well know
supplier of LCD's. Most have codes examples in there as well. I found
that you may have to slow the code a little. If all else fails single
step it through.
Good luck,
Peter
>Greetings all,
>
>Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've
>honestly never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD
>modules (for example: DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good
>tutorials around? The hardware/software connections don't look to
>be terribly involved and I've seen a couple of examples, but I'd
>like to know more...
>
>Thanks,
>-Vern
>
What I did many moons ago was to grab a datasheet from a well know
supplier of LCD's. Most have codes examples in there as well. I found
that you may have to slow the code a little. If all else fails single
step it through.
Good luck,
Peter
>Greetings all,
>
>Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've
>honestly never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD
>modules (for example: DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good
>tutorials around? The hardware/software connections don't look to
>be terribly involved and I've seen a couple of examples, but I'd
>like to know more...
>
>Thanks,
>-Vern
>
Reply by ●November 2, 20092009-11-02
2009/11/2 Vern VanZ :
> Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've honestly never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD modules (for example: DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good tutorials around? The hardware/software connections don't look to be terribly involved and I've seen a couple of examples, but I'd like to know more...
You'll easily find several tutorials for other microcontrollers and
modules and these will probably detail most of the hardware
connections and protocol involved. Datasheets and testing will give
you more details. It shouldn't be too hard to adapt these to the 430
and your LCD unless it's an obscure and undocumented version.
There may also be some generic library code for 430 that should come
with documentation.
Memory mapping may be more demanding than gpio and you may have 4 and
8 bit modes to pick from. Backlight and voltage demands should be in
your module's datasheet as well.
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> Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've honestly never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD modules (for example: DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good tutorials around? The hardware/software connections don't look to be terribly involved and I've seen a couple of examples, but I'd like to know more...
You'll easily find several tutorials for other microcontrollers and
modules and these will probably detail most of the hardware
connections and protocol involved. Datasheets and testing will give
you more details. It shouldn't be too hard to adapt these to the 430
and your LCD unless it's an obscure and undocumented version.
There may also be some generic library code for 430 that should come
with documentation.
Memory mapping may be more demanding than gpio and you may have 4 and
8 bit modes to pick from. Backlight and voltage demands should be in
your module's datasheet as well.
--
I appear to be temporarily using gmail's horrible interface. I
apologise for any failure in my part in trying to make it do the right
thing with post formatting.
Reply by ●November 2, 20092009-11-02
Vern,
Noritake has some simple LCD drivers written in C for their products.
You will need to modify the hardware interface to meet the MSP430, but the
basic routine to print,move cursor, etc are reusable.
Good luck.
Juan Carlos
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Vern VanZ wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've honestly
> never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD modules (for
> example: DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good tutorials around? The
> hardware/software connections don't look to be terribly involved and I've
> seen a couple of examples, but I'd like to know more...
>
> Thanks,
> -Vern
>
>
>
Noritake has some simple LCD drivers written in C for their products.
You will need to modify the hardware interface to meet the MSP430, but the
basic routine to print,move cursor, etc are reusable.
Good luck.
Juan Carlos
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Vern VanZ wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Sorry if this is too much of an amateur-ish question, but I've honestly
> never attempted to mesh an msp430 with one of the 16X2 LCD modules (for
> example: DMC-16207U). Anyone here know of any good tutorials around? The
> hardware/software connections don't look to be terribly involved and I've
> seen a couple of examples, but I'd like to know more...
>
> Thanks,
> -Vern
>
>
>
