1.1.7 I2C LCD1602

Introduction

LCD1602 is a character type liquid crystal display, which can display 32 (16*2) characters at the same time.

Schematic Diagram

T-Board Name

physical

SDA1

Pin 3

SCL1

Pin 5
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Experimental Procedures

Step 1: Build the circuit.

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Step 2: Setup I2C (see I2C Configuration. If you have set I2C, skip this step.)

Step 3: Change directory.

cd /home/pi/raphael-kit/c/1.1.7/

Step 4: Compile.

gcc 1.1.7_Lcd1602.c -lwiringPi

Step 5: Run.

sudo ./a.out

After the code runs, you can see Greetings!, From SunFounder displaying on the LCD.

Note

If it does not work after running, or there is an error prompt: “wiringPi.h: No such file or directory”, please refer to C code is not working?.

Code

Code Explanation

void write_word(int data){……}
void send_command(int comm){……}
void send_data(int data){……}
void init(){……}
void clear(){……}
void write(int x, int y, char data[]){……}

These functions are used to control I2C LCD1602 open source code. They allow us to easily use I2C LCD1602. Among these functions, init() is used for initialization, clear() is used to clear the screen, write() is used to write what is displayed, and other functions support the above functions.

fd = wiringPiI2CSetup(LCDAddr);

This function initializes the I2C system with the specified device symbol. The prototype of the function:

int wiringPiI2CSetup(int devId);

Parameters devId is the address of the I2C device, it can be found through the i2cdetect command(see Appendix) and the devId of I2C LCD1602 is generally 0x27.

void write(int x, int y, char data[]){}

In this function, data[] is the character to be printed on the LCD, and the parameters x and y determine the printing position (line y+1, column x+1 is the starting position of the character to be printed).

Phenomenon Picture

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