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Revision as of 12:20, 3 February 2023
| Author | Matrix Ltd |
| Version | 1.10 |
| Category | Alphanumeric |
Contents
LCD (Adafruit, 20x4) component
Adafruit OLED LCD display capable of displaying 4 lines of 20 characters.
Component Source Code
Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_temp/LCD_Adafruit_OLED2.fcfx
Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_temp/LCD_Adafruit_OLED2.fcfx
Detailed description
No detailed description exists yet for this component
Examples
No additional examples
Macro reference
Clear
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Clear |
| Clears the entire contents of the display. | |
 - VOID
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Return |
ClearLine
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ClearLine |
| Clears a single line on the display before moving the cursor back to the start of the line to allow new data to be displayed. | |
 - BYTE
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Line |
| - VOID
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Return |
Command
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Command |
| Use this method/macro to send a specific command to the LCD. Refer to the Matrix Multimedia EB006 datasheet for a list of supported instructions. For Non-Matrix LCD's refer to the manufacturers datasheet. | |
| - BYTE
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instruction |
| Send a defined command to the LCD Screen. See datasheet for supported commands. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Cursor
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Cursor |
| Moves the cursor on the LCD Display | |
| - BYTE
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x |
| - BYTE
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y |
| - VOID
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Return |
PrintAscii
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PrintAscii |
| Takes the ascii value for a character and prints the character | |
| - BYTE
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character |
| Holds an ascii value. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
PrintFloat
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PrintFloat |
| Print a Float number rounded up to a specified amount of decimal places. | |
 - FLOAT
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Number |
| Enter the number or variable to print to the LCD | |
| - BYTE
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DecimalPlaces |
| Enter how many decimal places to round up to (1 - 6) | |
| - VOID
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Return |
PrintFormattedNumber
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PrintFormattedNumber |
| Will allow you to print a number up to 32-bits with signed or unsigned formatting. Signed = -2147483648 to 2147483647 Unsigned = 0 to 4294967295 | |
 - ULONG
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Number |
| Enter the number or variable to print to the LCD | |
 - BOOL
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Format |
| 0=Signed, 1=Unsigned | |
| - VOID
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Return |
PrintNumber
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PrintNumber |
| Based on v5 macro, will allow you to print a number. This is limited to a signed-INT, -32768 to 32767 | |
 - INT
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Number |
| - VOID
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Return |
PrintString
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PrintString |
| Breaks down a string of text and sends it to the LCD via the private RawSend(byte, mask) macro | |
 - STRING
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Text |
| - VOID
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Return |
RAMWrite
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RAMWrite |
| Modifies the internal memory of the LCD to allow for up to 8 customised characters to be created and stored in the device memory | |
| - BYTE
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Index |
| Values 0 to 7 | |
| - BYTE
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d0 |
| - BYTE
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d1 |
| - BYTE
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d2 |
| - BYTE
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d3 |
| - BYTE
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d4 |
| - BYTE
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d5 |
| - BYTE
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d6 |
| - BYTE
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d7 |
| - VOID
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Return |
RemapCharacter
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RemapCharacter |
| Assigns a remap character allowing the PrintString function to automatically swap between pre-defined characters. The characters can be custom (in the range 0-9) or can point to an existing character in the LCD character map. | |
| - BYTE
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RemapIdx |
| Remap Index, Range: 0 to (Remap Characters - 1) | |
| - BYTE
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SearchCharacter |
| Character to look for a replace | |
| - BYTE
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ReplacementCharacter |
| New character value to use in place of the search character. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
ScrollDisplay
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ScrollDisplay |
| Scrolls the display left or right by a number of given positions. | |
| - BYTE
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Position |
| Holds the number of positions to shift the display | |
| - BYTE
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direction |
| 0 = left, 1 = right | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Start
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Start |
| Startup routine required by the hardware device. Automatically clears the display when complete. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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Connections |
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Data 0 (11) |
| Data pin 0 connects to data pin 4 on the hardware | |
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Data 1 (12) |
| Data pin 1 connects to data pin 5 on the hardware | |
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Data 2 (13) |
| Data pin 2 connects to data pin 6 on the hardware | |
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Data 3 (14) |
| Data pin 3 connects to data pin 7 on the hardware | |
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Register Select (4) |
| Register select pin, determines if the incoming value is a command or a data byte | |
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Read / Write (5) |
| Read / Write pin determines the data direction | |
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Enable (6) |
| Enable pin, used to clock data in and out of the device. | |
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Remap Characters |
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Display Settings |
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Rows |
| Number of vertical characters that can be shown on the display | |
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Columns |
| Number of horizontal characters that can be shown on the display | |
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Simulation |
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Component Label |
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Component Label Scale |
| The label scale can be change if the amout of text is too wide for the display | |
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Text Colour |
| Colour of the font characters drawn on the display | |
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Text Background |
| Colour surrounding the font characters drawn on the display | |
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Display Background |
| Colour of the background of the display | |
