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In this project, we"ll see how to hook up a 16x2 Character I2C LCD module with a ProtoStax Enclosure for Raspberry Pi to display interesting information like the Pi"s IP Address, Date & Time, or any other information you would like to display!
TheProtoStax LCD Kit V2is a new Extension Kit from ProtoStax. It can be used to add a 16x2 Character I2C LCD module to any ProtoStax Enclosure. You simply replace the top of your existing ProtoStax Enclosure with the one from the kit with the LCD module installed, and you"ll have an enclosure with an LCD screen!
Firstly, mount the LCD screen from the kit to the Top Plate from the kit using the mounting hardware. Then, unscrew and remove the Top Plate from your ProtoStax Enclosure Raspberry Pi (A+/B+, 4B/Zero) and replace it with the LCD Kit Top Plate.
Since the LCD module that is used has an I2C adapter, you only need 2 I2C pins to communicate with it. Wiring is super easy.RPi 5v pin (physical pin 2) - LCD VCC
Next, we want to enable I2C on the Raspberry Pi (if it is not already enabled). You can do that using the raspi-config utility. Here are the steps to do so. You will first run$ sudo raspi-config
We are going to interact with the LCD using Python. To do that, we are going to use the install the necessary python packages - we use RPLCD and smbus (to use I2C to communicate with the LCD module).$ sudo pip3 install RPLCD
We"ll demonstrate printing the IP address and Date and Time on the LCD screen, using the Python program below. You can find the source code on the GitHub link below.
Assuming you"ve installed it in ProtoStax_RPi_LCD_Example/ under your home directory, launch the program thus:$ python3 /home/pi/ProtoStax_RPi_LCD_Example/lcd_ip.py
This displays the Date and Time on the first line, and the second line of the 16x2 display shows the IP address and hostname of the Raspberry Pi in a scrolling fashion (as the character count is longer than 16 characters, we have to resort to scrolling). The
If the network is down on unreachable, then the IP address and hostname will be empty - therefore with a quick glance you can tell about the connection status of your Raspberry Pi as well as know how to connect to it, if it is headless. Just use the IP address or use
Now we want to make sure that this script gets run when we boot up the computer. We therefore create a service (which we call lcd.service) and make sure that the service is enabled (this assumes that the lcd_ip.py Python script is in the /home/pi/ProtoStax_RPi_LCD_Example directory - adjust the path accordingly in the WorkingDirectory below)
When shutting down the computer, the service gets stopped, and the python script as part of cleanup will clear the LCD screen and turn off the backlight.
Of course, you can also use the LCD display to display other information. For example, you cancreate a stock ticker that shows a scrolling ticker of stock prices you are interested in
Hello Friends, This is an another project in continuation with understanding basic for interfacing external devices with Raspberry Pi GPIOwe have seen basic details about GPIO pin structure and there use.
LCD’s are generally used as a display in many applications as they are easy to use then seven segment displays. 16*2 LCD are alphanumeric LCD’s which can display alphabets, numbers and some special characters. They are easily operated using commands which are hexadecimal values.
We have already discussed in detail about Basic Working of LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and LCD 16×2 Pin Diagram in similar projects with Arduino like LCD (Liquid Crystal) Display With Arduino Board and Interfacing LCD with Arduino Proteus. I request you please go through this project to know more about LCD display and to get general Interfacing idea.
LCD stands for Liquid crystal display. 16×2 LCD is named so because; it has 16 Columns and 2 Rows. There are a lot of combinations available like 8×1, 8×2, 10×2, 16×1, etc. but the most used one is the 16×2 LCD. So, it will have 16×2 = 32 characters in total and each character will be made of 5×8 Pixel Dots.
In 16×2 LCD there are 16 pins over all if there is a back light, if there is no back light there will be 14 pins. One can power or leave the back light pins. Now in the 14 pins there are 8 data pins (7-14 or D0-D7), 2 power supply pins (1&2 or VSS&VDD or GND&+5v), 3rd pin for contrast control (VEE-controls how thick the characters should be shown), and 3 control pins (RS&RW&E).
Pin4 (RS/Register Select/Control Pin): This pin toggles among command or data register, used to connect a microcontroller unit pin and obtains either 0 or 1(0 = data mode, and 1 = command mode).
Pin5 (Read/Write(RW)): This pin toggles the display among the read or writes operation, and it is connected to a microcontroller unit pin to get either 0 or 1 (0 = Write Operation, and 1 = Read Operation).
Pin 6 (Enable(E)): This pin should be held high to execute Read/Write process, and it is connected to the microcontroller unit & constantly held high.
Pins 7-14 (Data Pins/D0……D7): These pins are used to send data to the display. These pins are connected in two-wire modes like 4-wire mode and 8-wire mode. In 4-wire mode, only four pins are connected to the microcontroller unit like 0 to 3, whereas in 8-wire mode, 8-pins are connected to microcontroller unit like 0 to 7.
In this example we will use the library from Adafruit. It’s designed for Adafruit LCD boards but will also work with other brands as well. If your display board uses an HD44780 controller, then it should work with no issues at all.
You"ll find all of our mini Raspberry Pi displays in this section, which includes any display up to 5" in size. Compact Raspberry Pi displays have always been a popular option for projects as they fit well into small enclosures, don"t use a lot of power and have a tiny footprint.
We have mini ePaper, TFT, OLED, LCD and segment displays available from all your favourite brands for all models of Raspberry Pi, including the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 and Raspberry Pi Pico. You"ll also find some interesting shapes and sizes including round and square LCDs!
Pin 4The register select signal (RS) determines whether the Data Bit values are interpreted as a command (E.g. clear screen) or data (aka: a character to display).
Pin 5Is the Read/Write pin. In read mode, this pin is used to get feedback from the LCD to work out if the LCD can accept commands or to indicate it is too busy.
If read is enabled and Pin4 on the LCD is connected to a pin on your Raspberry Pi, there is a chance that you can destroy your Pi. We only ever want to write to the LCD, we never want to read from it. So this should always be connected to ground.
Pin 6The enable pin (E)functions as the command/data latching signal for the LCD. The LCD will latch in whatever is on the Data Bits and process it on the falling edge of the E signal
Below shows how to wire up the LCD to the Raspberry Pi. We will be using 4 pin mode, so there is no need to connect pins 7 to 10. This LCD doesn’t use the backlight pins, pins 15 and 16. It also doesn’t use the contrast pin, pin 3.
In the past, you would have had to know the registers used by the controller to setup the display, position the cursor or even write a single character. There was also timing issues to take into consideration. This is no more, with thanks to WiringPi.
The code below is a very simple example of displaying some text on the top line of the LCD. There is a complete list of all the functions in the LCD library on the WiringPiwebsite.#include
d0-d7 = 8 or 4 bit mode. In for 4 bit mode, only specificity pins from d0 to d3. If using 8 bit mode, you need to specify pins from d0 to d7. In the example code above, we are using 4 bit mode.
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If you plan on using an LCD with your Raspberry Pi, there’s a good chance you’ll need to program it in Python at some point. Python is probably the most popular programming language for coding on the Raspberry Pi, and many of the projects and examples you’ll find are written in Python.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to connect your LCD and program it in Python, using the RPLCD library. I’ll start with showing you how to connect it in either 8 bit mode or 4 bit mode. Then I’ll explain how to install the library, and provide examples for printing and positioning text, clearing the screen, and controlling the cursor. I’ll also give you examples for scrolling text, creating custom characters, printing data from a sensor, and displaying the date, time, and IP address of your Pi.
You can also connect the LCD via I2C, which uses only two wires, but it requires some extra hardware. Check out our article, How to Setup an I2C LCD on the Raspberry Pi to see how.
There are two ways to connect the LCD to your Raspberry Pi – in 4 bit mode or 8 bit mode. 4 bit mode uses 6 GPIO pins, while 8 bit mode uses 10. Since it uses up less pins, 4 bit mode is the most common method, but I’ll explain how to set up and program the LCD both ways.
Each character and command is sent to the LCD as a byte (8 bits) of data. In 8 bit mode, the byte is sent all at once through 8 data wires, one bit per wire. In 4 bit mode, the byte is split into two sets of 4 bits – the upper bits and lower bits, which are sent one after the other over 4 data wires.
Theoretically, 8 bit mode transfers data about twice as fast as 4 bit mode, since the entire byte is sent all at once. However, the LCD driver takes a relatively long time to process the data, so no matter which mode is being used, we don’t really notice a difference in data transfer speed between 8 bit and 4 bit modes.
If this is your first time writing and running a Python program, you might want to read How to Write and Run a Python Program on the Raspberry Pi, which will explain everything you need to know to run the examples below.
The RPLCD library can be installed from the Python Package Index, or PIP. It might already be installed on your Pi, but if not, enter this at the command prompt to install it:
The example programs below use the Raspberry Pi’s physical pin numbers, not the BCM or GPIO numbers. I’m assuming you have your LCD connected the way it is in the diagrams above, but I’ll show you how to change the pin connections if you need to.
Let’s start with a simple program that will display “Hello world!” on the LCD. If you have a different sized LCD than the 16×2 I’m using (like a 20×4), change the number of columns and rows in line 2 of the code. cols= sets the number of columns, and rows= sets the number of rows. You can also change the pins used for the LCD’s RS, E, and data pins. The data pins are set as pins_data=[D0, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, D6, D7].
The text can be positioned anywhere on the screen using lcd.cursor_pos = (ROW, COLUMN). The rows are numbered starting from zero, so the top row is row 0, and the bottom row is row 1. Similarly, the columns are numbered starting at zero, so for a 16×2 LCD the columns are numbered 0 to 15. For example, the code below places “Hello world!” starting at the bottom row, fourth column:
The RPLCD library provides several functions for controlling the cursor. You can have a block cursor, an underline cursor, or a blinking cursor. Use the following functions to set the cursor:
Text will automatically wrap to the next line if the length of the text is greater than the column length of your LCD. You can also control where the text string breaks to the next line by inserting \n\r where you want the break to occur. The code below will print “Hello” to the top row, and “world!” to the bottom row.
This program will print the IP address of your ethernet connection to the LCD. To print the IP of your WiFi connection, just change eth0 in line 19 to wlan0:
Each character on the LCD is an array of 5×8 of pixels. You can create any pattern or character you can think of, and display it on the screen as a custom character. Check out this website for an interactive tool that creates the bit array used to define custom characters.
First we define the character in lines 4 to 12 of the code below. Then we use the function lcd.create_char(0-7, NAME) to store the character in the LCD’s CGRAM memory. Up to 8 (0-7) characters can be stored at a time. To print the custom character, we use lcd.write_string(unichr(0)), where the number in unichr() is the memory location (0-7) defined in lcd.create_char().
To demonstrate how to print data from a sensor, here’s a program that displays the temperature from a DS18B20 Digital Temperature Sensor. There is some set up to do before you can get this to work on the Raspberry Pi, so check out our tutorial on the DS18B20 to see how.
In general, you take the input variable from your sensor and convert it to an integer to perform any calculations. Then convert the result to a string, and output the string to the display using lcd.write_string(sensor_data()):
Well, that about covers most of what you’ll need to get started programming your LCD with Python. Try combining the programs to get some interesting effects. You can display data from multiple sensors by printing and clearing the screen or positioning the text. You can also make fun animations by scrolling custom characters.
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