LCD THEORY

& WORKING PRINCIPLES

USE LCD WITH AVR

LCD - Liquid Crystal Display

Mostly used for Display of
Message
Highly
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LCD
We are using 16x2 character LCD
16x2 LCD means max 16
characters per line can be
displayed and there are 2 lines
Single character is displayed in
5x7 pixel matrix

LCD SCHEMATIC

LCD SCHEMATIC

CONNECTIONS

RS To any pin of your choice

RW To any pin of your choice
E To any pin of your choice
D0.D3 Not Connected
D4.D7 PINX,0 . PINX,3
D4 must be connected to PIN0 of X
PORT
:
D7 must be connected to PIN3 of X
PORT

CONNECTIONS

RS To any pin of your choice

RW To any pin of your choice
E To any pin of your choice
D0.D3 Not Connected
D4.D7 PINX,0 . PINX,3
D4 must be connected to PIN0 of X
PORT
:
D7 must be connected to PIN3 of X
PORT

PIN DESCRIPTION

RS Reset
RW Rewrite
E Enable
D3 . D7 Data Line
Anode - +5V
Cathode - GND

ADDING HEADER FILE

HEADER FILE HANDLING

#define LCD_DATA C
to D4-D7

#define LCD_E C //Enable signal

#define LCD_E_POS PC5 //Position of enable in abov
port

#define LCD_RS C
#define LCD_RS_POS PC7

#define LCD_RW C
#define LCD_RW_POS PC6

//Port PC0-PC3 are connected

FUNCTIONS OF HEADER
INITIALIZING LCD
InitLCD(LS_BLINK); //initialize
LCD
Above command will initialize the
LCD

FUNCTIONS OF HEADER
CLEAR LCD
LCDClear(); // To clear the display
Above command will CLEAR the
LCD

FUNCTIONS OF HEADER
DISPLAY TEXT ON LCD
LCDWriteStringXY(X,Y,Message");

Above command Write the text on LCD

X,Y are coordinates
X = 0 . 15
Y = 0 and 1

FUNCTIONS OF HEADER
DISPLAY VARIABLE ON LCD
LCDWriteInt(X,Y,variable,field length);

Above command Write the variable on LCD

X,Y define position of coordinates
X = 0 . 15
Y = 0 and 1
Variable = variable which we print
Field length = Num of Decimal places

FUNCTIONS OF HEADER
DISPLAY VARIABLE ON LCD
LCDWriteInt(X,Y,variable,field length);

Above command Write the variable on LCD

X,Y define position of coordinates
X = 0 . 15
Y = 0 and 1
Variable = variable which we print
Field length = Num of Decimal places

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