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author | Cristian Maglie <c.maglie@bug.st> | 2012-01-04 15:14:51 +0100 |
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committer | Cristian Maglie <c.maglie@bug.st> | 2012-01-04 15:14:51 +0100 |
commit | 8c2b5b979a75d109ae7cc306afc50d7ffe1e0366 (patch) | |
tree | 19ac8d91c7209397e7dc890b432a254ae9a7cd62 /libraries/LiquidCrystal/examples/CustomCharacter | |
parent | be52c95820400d48e47615232d3c38236166fad3 (diff) |
Moved libraries folder inside platform folder. Now libraries and examples are searched per board/platform
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diff --git a/libraries/LiquidCrystal/examples/CustomCharacter/CustomCharacter.ino b/libraries/LiquidCrystal/examples/CustomCharacter/CustomCharacter.ino new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3ce479 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/LiquidCrystal/examples/CustomCharacter/CustomCharacter.ino @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +/* + LiquidCrystal Library - Custom Characters + + Demonstrates how to add custom characters on an LCD display. + The LiquidCrystal library works with all LCD displays that are + compatible with the Hitachi HD44780 driver. There are many of + them out there, and you can usually tell them by the 16-pin interface. + + This sketch prints "I <heart> Arduino!" and a little dancing man + to the LCD. + + The circuit: + * LCD RS pin to digital pin 12 + * LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11 + * LCD D4 pin to digital pin 5 + * LCD D5 pin to digital pin 4 + * LCD D6 pin to digital pin 3 + * LCD D7 pin to digital pin 2 + * LCD R/W pin to ground + * 10K potentiometer: + * ends to +5V and ground + * wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3) + * 10K poterntiometer on pin A0 + + created21 Mar 2011 + by Tom Igoe + Based on Adafruit's example at + https://github.com/adafruit/SPI_VFD/blob/master/examples/createChar/createChar.pde + + This example code is in the public domain. + http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal + + Also useful: + http://icontexto.com/charactercreator/ + + */ + +// include the library code: +#include <LiquidCrystal.h> + +// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins +LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2); + +// make some custom characters: +byte heart[8] = { + 0b00000, + 0b01010, + 0b11111, + 0b11111, + 0b11111, + 0b01110, + 0b00100, + 0b00000 +}; + +byte smiley[8] = { + 0b00000, + 0b00000, + 0b01010, + 0b00000, + 0b00000, + 0b10001, + 0b01110, + 0b00000 +}; + +byte frownie[8] = { + 0b00000, + 0b00000, + 0b01010, + 0b00000, + 0b00000, + 0b00000, + 0b01110, + 0b10001 +}; + +byte armsDown[8] = { + 0b00100, + 0b01010, + 0b00100, + 0b00100, + 0b01110, + 0b10101, + 0b00100, + 0b01010 +}; + +byte armsUp[8] = { + 0b00100, + 0b01010, + 0b00100, + 0b10101, + 0b01110, + 0b00100, + 0b00100, + 0b01010 +}; +void setup() { + // create a new character + lcd.createChar(0, heart); + // create a new character + lcd.createChar(1, smiley); + // create a new character + lcd.createChar(2, frownie); + // create a new character + lcd.createChar(3, armsDown); + // create a new character + lcd.createChar(4, armsUp); + + // set up the lcd's number of columns and rows: + lcd.begin(16, 2); + // Print a message to the lcd. + lcd.print("I "); + lcd.write(0); + lcd.print(" Arduino! "); + lcd.write(1); + +} + +void loop() { + // read the potentiometer on A0: + int sensorReading = analogRead(A0); + // map the result to 200 - 1000: + int delayTime = map(sensorReading, 0, 1023, 200, 1000); + // set the cursor to the bottom row, 5th position: + lcd.setCursor(4, 1); + // draw the little man, arms down: + lcd.write(3); + delay(delayTime); + lcd.setCursor(4, 1); + // draw him arms up: + lcd.write(4); + delay(delayTime); +} + + + |