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Top Forums Programming Very Basic Arduino Uno Board Testing Post 303042280 by Neo on Friday 20th of December 2019 05:51:34 AM
Old 12-20-2019
For completeness, here is the sketch I used for the 1602 demo above:


Code:
/*
  LCD Display with I2C Interface Demo
  lcd-i2c-demo.ino
  Use NewLiquidCrystal Library
  DroneBot Workshop 2018
  https://dronebotworkshop.com
  Modified by Neo December 2019
  https://www.unix.com
*/

// Include Wire Library for I2C
#include <Wire.h>
// Include NewLiquidCrystal Library for I2C
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>

// Define LCD pinout
const int en = 2, rw = 1, rs = 0, d4 = 4, d5 = 5, d6 = 6, d7 = 7, bl = 3;

// Define I2C Address - change if reqiuired
const int i2c_addr = 0x27;

LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(i2c_addr, en, rw, rs, d4, d5, d6, d7, bl, POSITIVE);

void setup()
{

    // Set display type as 16 char, 2 rows
    lcd.begin(16, 2);

    // Print on first row
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    lcd.print("Hello Neo!");

    // Wait 1 second
    delay(1000);

    // Print on second row
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    lcd.print("How are you?");

    // Wait 8 seconds
    delay(8000);

    // Clear the display
    lcd.clear();
}

void loop()
{

    // Demo 1 - flash backlight
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    lcd.print("Do you need unix");
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    lcd.print("or linux help ??");

    delay(3000);
    lcd.clear();

    // Flash backlight 4 times
    for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
    {
        lcd.backlight();
        delay(250);
        lcd.noBacklight();
        delay(250);
    }

    // Turn backlight back on
    lcd.backlight();

    // Demo 2 - scroll
    lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
    lcd.print("Visit UNIX.com @");
    delay(4500);
    lcd.setCursor(0, 2);
    lcd.print("www.unix.com  ");
    delay(2500);
    // set the display to automatically scroll:
    lcd.autoscroll();
    // print from 0 to 9:
    for (int thisChar = 0; thisChar < 15; thisChar++)
    {
        lcd.print(' ');
        delay(500);
    }
    // turn off automatic scrolling
    lcd.noAutoscroll();

    // clear screen
    lcd.clear();

    //Delay
    delay(1000);
}

So fun... really... I had no idea playing with the Arduino could be so much fun.

Last edited by hicksd8; 12-20-2019 at 07:06 AM..
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ACPI_VIDEO(4)						   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 					     ACPI_VIDEO(4)

NAME
acpi_video -- ACPI Video Extensions driver SYNOPSIS
device acpi_video DESCRIPTION
This driver uses the ACPI Video Extensions to control display switching and backlight brightness. The availability of the sysctl(8) vari- ables depends on the functions offered by the host's ACPI implementation. SYSCTL VARIABLES
The following sysctls are currently implemented, where <device> is crt, lcd, or tv: hw.acpi.video.<device>.active Current state of the output device. hw.acpi.video.<device>.levels List of supported brightness levels. hw.acpi.video.<device>.brightness Current brightness level of the device. hw.acpi.video.<device>.fullpower Preset brightness level to be used in full power mode. hw.acpi.video.<device>.economy Preset brightness level to be used in economy mode. Defaults for these variables can be set in sysctl.conf(5), which is parsed at boot-time. SEE ALSO
acpi(4), loader.conf(5), sysctl.conf(5), sysctl(8) HISTORY
The acpi_video driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3. AUTHORS
The acpi_video driver was written by Taku YAMAMOTO <taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp>. This manual page was written by Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>. BUGS
Some systems only perform output switching via SMM even though they export the proper information via ACPI. On such systems, the proper hotkeys or OEM driver (for example, acpi_toshiba(4)) must be used instead. BSD
November 8, 2004 BSD
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