LCD1602 Driver

An embedded-hal based driver for the LCD1602 display

INFO

The most common functions have been implemented, but this crate is still in a very early stage of development, so the API and functionality may change.

Features

• Covers every(?) instruction of the LCD1602
  • 4 Pin / 8 Pin mode
  • 1 line / 2 line display
  • left to right / right to left writing
  • Offset display window
  • Read busy flag
  • Read/write DDRAM and CGRAM
  • Set cursor show/hide, set cursor blink or not
  • And other functions directly provided by the LCD1602 instructions
• All instructions are sent after reading the busy flag for the efficient execution
  • Note: According to the LCD1602 specification, the first few instructions of the initialization process must wait for a specific amount of time
• Simulates the state of the LCD1602 in the MCU's memory to reduce unnecessary reads from the LCD1602 memory
• Some commonly used functionalities
  • Initialize LCD via Builder pattern
  • Write strings at the current position
  • Write strings at a specific position represented by (x,y) coordinates
  • Offset cursor position relatively (represented by (x,y) coordinates)
  • Offset display window to a specific position
  • Write custom character graph represented by an array to a specific position in CGRAM
  • Read custom characters at a specific position in CGRAM
  • Toggle the display of the entire display on/off
• Some simple animation effects
  • Delay execution (microseconds/milliseconds)
  • Full-screen blinking (endless/specific number of times)
  • Typewriter-style string display
  • Split-flap-style string display (one by one/simultaneously)
• And more...

Examples

See examples/demowithstm32f411

Note

This project originated from my STM32 notes and was later separated into a standalone project.

Currently, the project runs successfully on STM32F411RE.