// --------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Created by Francisco Malpartida on 20/08/11. // Copyright 2011 - Under creative commons license 3.0: // Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA // // This software is furnished "as is", without technical support, and with no // warranty, express or implied, as to its usefulness for any purpose. // // Thread Safe: No // Extendable: Yes // // @file LiquidCrystal.h // This file implements a basic liquid crystal library that comes as standard // in the Arduino SDK. // // @brief // This is a basic implementation of the LiquidCrystal library of the // Arduino SDK. The original library has been reworked in such a way that // this class implements the all methods to command an LCD based // on the Hitachi HD44780 and compatible chipsets using the parallel port of // the LCD (4 bit and 8 bit). // // // // @author F. Malpartida - fmalpartida@gmail.com // --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #ifndef LiquidCrystal_4bit_h #define LiquidCrystal_4bit_h #include #include "LCD.h" #include "FastIO.h" /*! @defined @abstract Command execution time on the LCD. @discussion This defines how long a command takes to execute by the LCD. The time is expressed in micro-seconds. */ #define EXEC_TIME 37 class LiquidCrystal : public LCD { public: /*! @method @abstract 8 bit LCD constructors. @discussion Defines the pin assignment that the LCD will have. The constructor does not initialize the LCD. */ LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t d4, uint8_t d5, uint8_t d6, uint8_t d7); LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t rw, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t d4, uint8_t d5, uint8_t d6, uint8_t d7); // Constructors with backlight control LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t d4, uint8_t d5, uint8_t d6, uint8_t d7, uint8_t backlightPin, t_backlighPol pol); LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t rw, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t d4, uint8_t d5, uint8_t d6, uint8_t d7, uint8_t backlightPin, t_backlighPol pol); /*! @method @abstract 4 bit LCD constructors. @discussion Defines the pin assignment that the LCD will have. The constructor does not initialize the LCD. */ LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t rw, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3); LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3); // Constructors with backlight control LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t rw, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t backlightPin, t_backlighPol pol); LiquidCrystal(uint8_t rs, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t backlightPin, t_backlighPol pol); /*! @function @abstract Send a particular value to the LCD. @discussion Sends a particular value to the LCD for writing to the LCD or as an LCD command. Users should never call this method. @param value Value to send to the LCD. @result mode LOW - write to the LCD CGRAM, HIGH - write a command to the LCD. */ virtual void send(uint8_t value, uint8_t mode); /*! @function @abstract Sets the pin to control the backlight. @discussion Sets the pin in the device to control the backlight. @param pin: pin assigned to the backlight @param pol: backlight pin control polarity (POSITIVE, NEGATIVE). */ void setBacklightPin ( uint8_t pin, t_backlighPol pol ); /*! @function @abstract Switch-on/off the LCD backlight. @discussion Switch-on/off the LCD backlight. The setBacklightPin has to be called before setting the backlight for this method to work. @see setBacklightPin. For dimming control of the backlight, the configuration pin must be a PWM output pin. Dim control is achieved by passing a value from 1 to 255 as a parameter. If the pin configured when calling the setBacklightPin does not support PWM, then: (0) backlight off, (1..255) backlight on. @param value: backlight value. 0: off, 1..255: dim control of the backlight. For negative logic 255: off, 254..0: dim control. */ void setBacklight ( uint8_t value ); private: /*! @method @abstract Initializes the LCD pin allocation and associated HW @discussion Initializes the LCD pin allocation and configuration. */ void init(uint8_t fourbitmode, uint8_t rs, uint8_t rw, uint8_t enable, uint8_t d0, uint8_t d1, uint8_t d2, uint8_t d3, uint8_t d4, uint8_t d5, uint8_t d6, uint8_t d7); /*! @method @abstract Writes numBits bits from value value to the LCD. @discussion Writes numBists bits (the least significant) to the LCD control data lines. */ void writeNbits(uint8_t value, uint8_t numBits); /*! @method @abstract Pulse the LCD enable line (En). @discussion Sends a pulse of 1 uS to the Enable pin to execute an command or write operation. */ void pulseEnable(); uint8_t _rs_pin; // LOW: command. HIGH: character. uint8_t _rw_pin; // LOW: write to LCD. HIGH: read from LCD. uint8_t _enable_pin; // activated by a HIGH pulse. uint8_t _data_pins[8]; // Data pins. uint8_t _backlightPin; // Pin associated to control the LCD backlight }; #endif