G. Andrew Duthie / Mbed 2 deprecated mBuino_HD44780_Test

Test program for driving the GHI Character Display module from the Outrageous Circuits mBuino platform

Dependencies:   TextLCD USBDevice mbed

main.cpp@1:c126b5e56bd0, 2014-11-26 (annotated)

Committer:
devhammer
Date:
Wed Nov 26 16:31:40 2014 +0000
Revision:
1:c126b5e56bd0
Parent:
0:271f8cc9758c 
Updated TextLCD instantiation to change D7 to P0_5 to free up Serial RXD (P0_18).

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devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 1 #include "mbed.h"
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 2 #include "TextLCD.h"
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 3 //#include "USBSerial.h"
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 4
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 5 //USBSerial pc;
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 6
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 7 // These pin assignments work for the Outrageous Circuits' mBuino platform
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 8 // http://developer.mbed.org/platforms/Outrageous-Circuits-mBuino/
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 9 //
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 10 // This code example uses the GHI Character Display module for .NET Gadgeteer:
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 11 // https://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/395
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 12 // and breaks out the pins via a GHI Extender module, but the code should
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 13 // work with any HD44780-based LCD (socket/pin map at above URL)
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 14 //
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 15 // Code example leverages the TextLCD library for communicating with the
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 16 // Display Module, and is a modified version of the example code from
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 17 // that library.
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 18 // http://developer.mbed.org/users/simon/code/TextLCD/
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 19 //
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 20 // Note that the 5V supply for the display must be provided externally, as
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 21 // well as power for the backlight pin.
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 22
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 23 // Uncomment the include for USBSerial.h, the USBSerial declaration, and the
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 24 // pc.printf statements to enable serial debugging over USB.
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 25
devhammer 1:c126b5e56bd0 26 TextLCD lcd(P0_10, P0_9, P0_15, P0_11, P0_13, P0_5); // rs, e, d4-d7
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 27
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 28 int main() {
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 29 //pc.getc();
devhammer 1:c126b5e56bd0 30 wait(2);
devhammer 1:c126b5e56bd0 31 lcd.cls();
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 32 // pc.printf("Initializing...\r\n");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 33 wait(2);
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 34
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 35 // pc.printf("Writing Hello, World! to char display...\r\n");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 36 lcd.printf("Hello World!\n");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 37 // wait(2);
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 38 // pc.printf("Text written to char display...\r\n");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 39
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 40 // pc.printf("Writing mBuino rocks! to char display...\r\n");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 41 lcd.printf("mBuino rocks!");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 42 // wait(2);
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 43 // pc.printf("Text written to char display...\r\n");
devhammer 0:271f8cc9758c 44 }