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are these pin connections ok?
PIC24F04KA201

What is the different between 4bit communication and 8bit communication?
 

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are these pin connections ok....
PIC24F04KA201

What is the different between 4bit communication and 8bit communication?
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hi,
Using 8 bit wide data to the LCD means that a full 8 bit byte can be written to the LCD controller.

With 4 bit wide data, the 8 bits of data are written in two successive 4 bit bytes.

The 8 bit is overall faster but requires 8 PIC pins, the 4 bit uses only 4 PIC pins.

OK.?
 
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