LCD?
Well recently I have been reading about LCD's and trying to figure out how I would use them with a picaxe 28x1. I am pretty sure you use a serout command followed by a number that corresponds with where you want the dot on the lcd. Bottom line though is that I have no idea how I would wire A LCD to the picaxe28x1 or how I would exactly program it. And what exactly is the baud rate? If possible could somebody please help explain this confusion to me?
@ Mon, 2009-02-09 16:20
cool
Thanks for clearing that up for me. Now it makes sense.
@ Mon, 2009-02-09 15:02
yes.in a serial
yes.
in a serial transmission, Rx is the Recieve pin, so the input
and Tx is the Transmit pin, the output
Tx is connected to Rx , and reversly
@ Mon, 2009-02-09 13:56
so...
@ Sun, 2009-02-08 21:58
cool
@ Sun, 2009-02-08 22:08
I would'nt solder my LCD...a
I would'nt solder my LCD...
a connector is far better, and can be found in old PC
For write only operation, you will have to use the Rx pin.
Tx if you want to read from LCD / touchpad
Int is the interrupt signal, which is triggered on keypress
You can of course use the I2C connection, allowing many devices on 2 wires.
@ Sun, 2009-02-08 15:59
hmmmmm
@ Sun, 2009-02-08 20:10
not on those LCD connection,
not on those LCD connection, but on the serial backpack
take a look at page 3 of the datasheet http://www.web4robot.com/files/SerialLCDCtrl.pdf
@ Sun, 2009-02-08 00:08
for $25, you can have this
for $25, you can have this one : http://letsmakerobots.com/node/4644
dead easy to use.... +5V, GND, and a serial signal or I2C bus
serout 2,T2400_4,(0xFE,0x14,"Let's Make Robots !")
[ 2 is pin2, T2400_4 is TTL 'True' 2400bauds@4Mhz, 0xFE 0x14 is clearscreen ]
TTL True : 0V is '0' , 5V is '1' , N2400_4 : 0V is '1', 5V is '0'
gives you...
@ Sat, 2009-02-07 17:22
pretty close...
the setfreq m4 and setfreq m8 changes the picaxe's speed. This is called "overclocking" and causes the picaxe to run faster. You have to do this because at the 4hz (m4) the picaxe can't get up to the 9600 baud you need. The baud speed of the display is changed by sending one of those special command numbers mentioned in the manual that comes with the screen but the sparkfun displays come stock at 9600 so you have to be running at 9600 to start to change to another baudrate. Yes the "1" is the output pin, you could use any of them. I am using a sparkfun display on walter and am very happy --Just be sure to buy the "serial enabled" one. Don't buy a regular lcd and then add the "serial backpack" seperatly, it is just more soldering you have to do. One more: the picaxe brand lcd uses the N2400 command and the sparkfun units use the T9600 command.
Check out the picaxe manual about displays and check out the data sheet on the sparkfun displays.
@ Sat, 2009-02-07 16:03
What LCD?
Just wondering what would be a good serial lcd to start with?