Hi…. friends this time I am here with another article ,we are going to discuss some interesting functions and projects of LCD. In
this tutorial we will learn about rotating a text , displaying integer and
integers operations, displaying floating point numbers and their operations .
ROTATING A TEXT
STRING
Rotating a text on LCD is a bit tricky thing, to do so we
will change the position of text every time with some delay after clearing the
screen so it will look like text is moving the sample code is given below just use
this source code in your LCD project and text will look like moving-
/*
* MOVINGTEXT.c
*
* Created: 1/12/2013 8:36:31 PM
*
Author: ABHILASH DIXIT
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <avr/io.h>
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
#include <util/delay.h>
#include "lcd.h"
#include "lcd.c"
int main(void)
{
while(1)
{
lcd_init(LCD_DISP_ON);
for(int i=-10;i<16;i++) //
setting an integer i to 0 and incrementing its value till 16
{
lcd_gotoxy(i,0); // setting cursor to (i,0)
lcd_puts("LCD"); // to display text
if(i==13)
i=0;
_delay_ms(100); //
some delay
lcd_clrscr(); // clear display
}
}
}
So this was the trick
to rotate the text string on the LCD.
USING INTEGERS ON LCD
You cannot use a integer on LCD directly for this you have to use a function itoa(), it
converts an integer in string form. So if we want to use integers in LCD we
will first create a buffer of some size as
char buf[8];
now lets suppose the number to be displayed is i , so we
will use itoa() function for i to convert it in string form as
itoa(i,buf,10);
here 10 is for decimal, for hexadecimal we will use 16
and for binary we will use 2.
Now finally i can be displayed using lcd_puts() command as-
lcd_puts(buf);
so lets try a source
code – in this program we will display a number i=0 and will increase its value
till 10.
/*
* DISPLAY INTEGER.c
*
* Created: 1/12/2013 9:16:31 PM
*
Author: ABHILASH DIXIT
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <avr/io.h>
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
#include "lcd.h"
#include "lcd.c"
#include <util/delay.h>
int main()
{
while(1)
{
lcd_init(LCD_DISP_ON); // initializing display
int i=0; // setting value of integer i to 0
char buf[8]; //
initializing buffer
lcd_gotoxy(0,0); // setting cursor position to (0,0)
lcd_puts("i="); // displaying text
for(i=0;i<=9;i++) // increasing value of i till 9
{
itoa(i,buf,10); // using itoa() function
lcd_gotoxy(2,0); // setting cursor position to (2,0)
lcd_puts(buf); // displaying value of i every time
_delay_ms(100); // some delay
}
}
}
USING A FLOATING
POINT NUMBER
Like an integer a floating point number cannot be used
directly too , so to use an floating point no on LCD we have to use some function
called dtostrf() it converts an floating point number into string . let us
suppose we have to display a floating point number say i on LCD. So first of all we have to create a buffer of
some size
char buf[8];
then we will use dtostrf
() function with i to convert i in string form as
dtostrf(i,10,6,buf);
here 10 is for decimal and 6 is denoting numbers after
decimal we can change it accordingly.
Now the no i can be displayed using lcd_puts() command
Here is the source code for simply displaying a floating
point number i=1.12345
/*
* DISPLAY FLOAT.c
*
* Created: 1/12/2013 9:26:31 PM
*
Author: ABHILASH DIXIT
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <avr/io.h>
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
#include "lcd.h"
#include "lcd.c"
int main()
{
lcd_init(LCD_DISP_ON);
float i=1.12345;
char buf[8];
dtostrf(i,10,6,buf);
lcd_puts(buf);
}
NOTE:- to use itoa() and dtostrf() we must include stdlib.h
header file in beginning of the program .
I hope it was a useful article for you all……in case of any
query, doubt or critical view just leave a comment……..in next tutorial we well
discuss about some other embedded systems topics till then ………..bye..
THNX…..:)
