Yahoo Groups archive

AVR-Chat

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:41 UTC

Message

Re: [AVR-Chat] Help debugging LCD display issues

2005-11-26 by David Kelly

On Nov 25, 2005, at 3:50 PM, James Washer wrote:

> I'm using an Optrex DMC16207 (HD44780) LCD display with a Mega32  
> and Peter Fleury's LCD library.
>
> Using the include test file, upon power-up, the top row of the  
> display shows all 16 cells "lit" (darkened) with EVERY bit position  
> darkened (i.e. a rectangle). The bottom row is blank.

Thats what an HD44780 looks like when its uninitialized.

My guess is that you are not talking to it at all.

--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
========================================================================
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.