R radialspel New Member Jun 19, 2004 #1 hello! I have used 2x16 displays with 8bits, but in some how it should be possible to write on the display with only 4 bits?? How??
hello! I have used 2x16 displays with 8bits, but in some how it should be possible to write on the display with only 4 bits?? How??
Nigel Goodwin Super Moderator Most Helpful Member Jun 19, 2004 #2 radialspel said: hello! I have used 2x16 displays with 8bits, but in some how it should be possible to write on the display with only 4 bits?? How?? Click to expand... You write the 8 bits in two 4 bit 'nibbles', it's explained in the datasheets. Check my LCD PIC tutorials, I use 4 bit mode in those, plus hardware timing in one of them.
radialspel said: hello! I have used 2x16 displays with 8bits, but in some how it should be possible to write on the display with only 4 bits?? How?? Click to expand... You write the 8 bits in two 4 bit 'nibbles', it's explained in the datasheets. Check my LCD PIC tutorials, I use 4 bit mode in those, plus hardware timing in one of them.