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 Controlling a 16 × 2 LCD with Arduino

In this post you will find some basic tests of the 16 × 2 LCD display  with Arduino, a very common display with HD44780 controller, which adapts to the most diverse projects, and can be used with several models of boards and microcontrollers such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, PIC, etc.

This LCD the display  has 16 columns and 2 rows, with a blue backlight and white letters. For connection, there are 16 pins, of which we use 12 for a basic connection, including the power connections (pins 1 and 2), backlight (pins 15 and 16) and contrast (pin 3).

16 × 2 LCD display connection with Arduino

When connecting the display to the Arduino Uno, we will use only 4 data pins (digital pins 2, 3, 4 and 5), and 2 control pins (digital pins 11 and 12).

For adjusting the contrast, we use a 100K potentiometer, but you can test with other values ​​like 10K or 50K, for example.

Controlling a 16 × 2 LCD with Arduino
Controlling a 16 × 2 LCD with Arduino


If you prefer, you can also use a potentiometer to adjust the backlight, on pins 15 and 16 of the display. Another option is to use a resistor on one of these pins.

LCD control program

 


The control of this display can be done using the LiquidCrystal library , already built into the Arduino IDE.

At the beginning of the program (line 8), we define the pins that will be used by the displays, in this format:

LiquidCrystal lcd ( <RS pin> , <enable pin> , <pin D4> , <pin D5> , <pin D6> , <pin D7> )

In setup, we initialize the display by defining the number of columns and rows with the command lcd .begin ( 16.2 ) .


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//Programa: Teste de Display LCD 16 x 2

//Autor: FILIPEFLOP

 

//Carrega a biblioteca LiquidCrystal

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

 

//Define os pinos que serão utilizados para ligação ao display

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

 

void setup()

{

  //Define o número de colunas e linhas do LCD

  lcd.begin(16, 2);

}

 

void loop()

{

  //Limpa a tela

  lcd.clear();

  //Posiciona o cursor na coluna 3, linha 0;

  lcd.setCursor(3, 0);

  //Envia o texto entre aspas para o LCD

  lcd.print("FILIPEFLOP");

  lcd.setCursor(3, 1);

  lcd.print(" LCD 16x2");

  delay(5000);

   

  //Rolagem para a esquerda

  for (int posicao = 0; posicao < 3; posicao++)

  {

    lcd.scrollDisplayLeft();

    delay(300);

  }

   

  //Rolagem para a direita

  for (int posicao = 0; posicao < 6; posicao++)

  {

    lcd.scrollDisplayRight();

    delay(300);

  }

}

The program above places the text in the desired position using the command  lcd.setCursor () , and prints the string on the screen using  lcd.print ("Text") . After 5 seconds, the commands scrollDisplayLeft () and scrollDisplayRight () are used to “move” the characters to the left and to the right, respectively.

Controlling a 16 × 2 LCD with Arduino
Controlling a 16 × 2 LCD with Arduino

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