Interfacing an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) with HiBot Robot controllers

Posted on December 31 2009 by admin

Utilizing 6 Digital Outputs it is possible to interface Titech SH2 Tiny, Controller and the Mini 2-Axes Motor Drive with a standard 2 or 4 lines characther display for robot debugging or robot status monitoring.

LCD

Four bits are utilized as output directly connected to DB4, DB5, DB6 and DB7 of the LCD. RS and E signals are controlled with other two digital output. LCD pins DB0 to DB 3 and RW are connected to GND, while GND and VCC are directly connected to the ones available on HiBot controller boards. Using a potentiometer directly connected between VCC, VO and GND of the LCD allows to control the display contrast.

LCD2

Contact us to receive the specifc files LCD.h, LCD.c and util.c to be included on your source code in roder to use an LCD with the TitechSH2Tiny and Mini 2-Axes Motor Drive boards.

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