Hello,
I am building a post-oncology treatment question datalogger that requires a 20 x 4 LCD as it has to be large enough to ask the questions.
I ordered a BATRON BTHQ 42005VSS-FSTF-06-LEDWhite LCD (datasheet at http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/31779.pdf) LCD module but I can't get it to work with any LCD code we currently have in our department. I have tried it with a number of different LCD routines off the net but I can't even get the display to initialise or write anything to the LCD.
When I ordered it a sales guy at Farnell assured me it would be compatible with LM016L/LM018L LCD module code, which I have used before in projects.
I have the feeling I am missing something very fundamental here, have I bought the wrong type of LCD? or does anyone know where it is possible to download LCD header files/routines for this type of LCD?
Any help at all or a basic tutorial on how LCD modules interact with PICs (cause I am still not totally clear) would be much appreciated!
Cheers
I am building a post-oncology treatment question datalogger that requires a 20 x 4 LCD as it has to be large enough to ask the questions.
I ordered a BATRON BTHQ 42005VSS-FSTF-06-LEDWhite LCD (datasheet at http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/31779.pdf) LCD module but I can't get it to work with any LCD code we currently have in our department. I have tried it with a number of different LCD routines off the net but I can't even get the display to initialise or write anything to the LCD.
When I ordered it a sales guy at Farnell assured me it would be compatible with LM016L/LM018L LCD module code, which I have used before in projects.
I have the feeling I am missing something very fundamental here, have I bought the wrong type of LCD? or does anyone know where it is possible to download LCD header files/routines for this type of LCD?
Any help at all or a basic tutorial on how LCD modules interact with PICs (cause I am still not totally clear) would be much appreciated!
Cheers