Display text on LCD displays (even on multiple ones). Allow to create windows (frames) on display, and to combine them (split, add, duplicate, scroll). See http://mbed.org/users/hlipka/notebook/lcdwindow/ for more information.

Dependents:   Mbell

lcd.h

Committer:
hlipka
Date:
2011-02-22
Revision:
9:2fe93daa2106
Parent:
3:e5d5e2fe4bf6

File content as of revision 9:2fe93daa2106:

/*
 * mbed LCDWindow library
* Copyright (c) 2010 Hendrik Lipka
* 
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*/

#ifndef LCD_H_
#define LCD_H_

#include "window.h"

/**
 * base class for all (text based) LCD displays
*/
class TextLCDBase: public Window
{
    public:
        /**
         * this is the only function added to the Window interface
         * it must be called from the outside, and initializes the display.
        */
        virtual void init()=0;
        virtual int getRows(){return _rows;};
        virtual int getColumns(){return _columns;};
    protected:
        const unsigned int _columns;
        const unsigned int _rows;
        TextLCDBase(unsigned int columns, unsigned int rows):Window(),_columns(columns),_rows(rows)
        {
        };
        void test(){printf("x");};
};

#endif /*LCD_H_*/