View source for Component: LCD (Grove - UART) (Alphanumeric)

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| Matrix Ltd
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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Version
| 2.0
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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Category
| Alphanumeric
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==LCD (Grove - UART) component==
Standard alphanumeric LCD based on the Grove display module.

==Component Source Code==

Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_LCD_Grove_Uart.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_LCD_Grove_Uart.fcfx]

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_LCD_Grove_Uart.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_LCD_Grove_Uart.fcfx]

==Detailed description==















''No detailed description exists yet for this component''

==Examples==
















''<span style="color:red;">No additional examples</span>''






==Macro reference==

===ClearSim===
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''ClearSim'''
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===Clear===
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Clear'''
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===PrintString===
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''PrintString'''
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" | Text
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===PrintAscii===
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''PrintAscii'''
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| colspan="2" | Takes the ascii value for a character and prints the character&nbsp;
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | character
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===PrintNumber===
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''PrintNumber'''
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| colspan="2" | Allows you to print a number. This is limited to a signed-INT, -32768 to 32767&nbsp;
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-s16-icon.png]] - INT
| width="90%" | Number
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===BacklightControl===
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''BacklightControl'''
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | State
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| colspan="2" | 0=Backlight Off, 1=Backlight On&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===ClearLine===
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''ClearLine'''
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | Line
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===Cursor===
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Cursor'''
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| colspan="2" | Moves the cursor on the LCD Display&nbsp;
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | x
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | y
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===PrintFormattedNumber===
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''PrintFormattedNumber'''
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| colspan="2" | Will allow you to print a number up to 32-bits with signed or unsigned formatting. Signed = -2147483648 to 2147483647 Unsigned = 0 to 4294967295&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u32-icon.png]] - ULONG
| width="90%" | Number
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| colspan="2" | Enter the number or variable to print to the LCD&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-bool-icon.png]] - BOOL
| width="90%" | Format
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| colspan="2" | 0=Signed, 1=Unsigned&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===ScrollDisplay===
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''ScrollDisplay'''
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| colspan="2" | Scrolls the display left or right by a number of given positions.&nbsp;
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | position
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| colspan="2" | Number of positions to scroll the display&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | direction
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| colspan="2" | Direction to scroll the display: 0=Left, 1=Right&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===PrintFloat===
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''PrintFloat'''
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| colspan="2" | Print a Float number rounded up to a specified amount of decimal places.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-f32-icon.png]] - FLOAT
| width="90%" | Number
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| colspan="2" | Enter the number or variable to print to the LCD&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | DecimalPlaces
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| colspan="2" | Enter how many decimal places to round up to (1 - 6)&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===Start===
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Start'''
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| colspan="2" | Startup routine required by the hardware device.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}




==Property reference==

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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties''' 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | LCD Configuration
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Rows
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Columns
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Connections
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Channel
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| colspan="2" | UART Channel selector Software channels are bit banged using generic I/O pins but are not as reliable as hardware channels. Hardware channels use the selected peripheral on-board the target microcontroller.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-5-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | TX
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| colspan="2" | Pin to be used for Transmit data&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Use RX
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| colspan="2" | Selects if the Receive pin is used by the component.  Yes: The RX pin is active and used to receive data for the UART. No: The RX pin is disabled and free to be used as general I/O.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Baud Options
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| colspan="2" | Baud rate option selector&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-14-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Baud Rate
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Simulation
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|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Component Label
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-15-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Component Label Scale
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| colspan="2" | The label scale can be change if the amout of text is too wide for the display &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-1-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Text Colour
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| colspan="2" | Colour of the font characters drawn on the display&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-1-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Text Background
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-1-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Display Background
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Scope Traces
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| colspan="2" | Selects if the scope traces are automatically added to the data recorder window or not.     Simulation - draws an approximation of the UART data onto the scope trace.     ICT - sets up the scope trace for incoming data and adds UART packet decoding at the correct BAUD.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Console Data
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| colspan="2" | Selects if the console data is automatically generated or not&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Console Columns
|-
| colspan="2" | Number of characters that can be displayed on a single line of the console.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Data Source
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| colspan="2" | Simulation data source used to allow the component to connect to various remote devices     Nothing - Simulation data is ignored     COM port - Routes the communication data to and from a physical or virtual COM port      Injector - Routes the communication data via a data injector component on the Panel.&nbsp;
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