SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T10:56:46-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsAlan McKay on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VAlan McKayurn:uuid:f4b34ba5-dd5e-ec2a-0b75-1f4afc135c6d2017-01-10T17:11:42-07:00<p>Do you have an ETA on when this will be available?<p>How do I go about putting a header on it?</p></p>
jdnd on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5Vjdndurn:uuid:3e84d0b1-4c97-8dd6-7c32-cf2c62986f992015-01-21T16:29:20-07:00<p>why, when i search sparkfun for 'ADM2004D' do i get no results, i found 2 of thease in my stash of bits and bobs and desided i would have a play, so i wonted the data sheet, i searched sparkfun for the part number on the back of the board and got no matches. it took me hours to find this page. sigh</p>
MikeGrusin on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VMikeGrusinurn:uuid:f56d765a-f644-4a61-4e60-2717998d89e12013-04-30T18:40:05-06:00<p>Sorry, we don't have the whole board in Eagle yet. You could use a generic 16-pin 0.1"-spaced header for the connector though.</p>
Customer #433938 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VCustomer #433938urn:uuid:00b08072-a963-3ad6-f57d-c518daf619152013-04-30T18:09:17-06:00<p>Is there an Eagle file for this LCD? I can't seem to find it anywhere.</p>
Willrandship on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VWillrandshipurn:uuid:4efb5989-48c7-b152-a535-3174a5367c912013-03-24T05:02:00-06:00<p>The "solution" I came up with was simply to use the cursor positioning feature to write to the lines I wanted. Since you're writing strings anyway, it's not terribly difficult to do. If you're making a display for a project, just account for what ends up on what line.<p>I can't help you if you need upward-scrolling text. You could try to modify the liquidcrystal library to handle it all on the arduino, but that seems like more effort than it's worth.</p></p>
Customer #335772 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VCustomer #335772urn:uuid:00bb4067-1414-4b04-038f-4789331417102013-03-22T03:38:08-06:00<p>I experienced the same. Did you get additional information? I am still trying to find a solution to no avail so far. Keep on posting..</p>
Mister Tea on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VMister Teaurn:uuid:7719ff81-730d-c13f-5806-a8eb8839439c2013-03-01T11:30:19-07:00<p>Old post, Always check with Digi-Key. They have flat cable assemblies from Tyco for about 11 bucks each for a 6 inch cable (A9BBG-1606F-ND).</p>
Willrandship on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VWillrandshipurn:uuid:5daabd74-3176-a706-67c4-b23524bcfce02012-12-02T23:04:27-07:00<p>Not sure if this is normal. My LCD, using the liquidcrystal library, wraps to the third line after finishing the first (then it goes to the second, then the fourth), but addressing each line is normal when using setCursor().</p>
Customer #158798 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VCustomer #158798urn:uuid:65774f7f-f35a-2a7b-5c4d-0e077930fa322012-08-08T17:50:18-06:00<p>Does anyone know where I can get a pre-manufactured ribbon cable assembly suitable for use with this LCD? Soldering a thru-hole connector or pin header to the panel is something that can probably be done in our shop, but assembling our own cables from scratch may be a bit beyond our ability to do routinely... We just need a 6" cable with (say) female sockets (16x1) at both ends... The other end to plug into a suitable header on an Arduino-based PCB... Thanks for any tips, -Mike</p>
Customer #161829 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VCustomer #161829urn:uuid:c924eddb-6348-8513-e41d-54ad2dd8fe622012-06-18T17:47:52-06:00<p>You probably need to adjust the brightness. Sounds like it is set to max.</p>
Féo on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VFéourn:uuid:c2df1ace-a3b1-40bd-d5cb-721d40bb2bf92012-05-23T11:37:18-06:00<p>I made a tutorial (in portuguese) about how to use, create custom characters and design menus for the LCD display. Take a look: http://engenheirando.com/arduino/displaylcd/</p>
Bp103 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VBp103urn:uuid:cd52d4b3-8e6d-66c3-ce5d-488ca6c4df562012-03-10T00:36:35-07:00<p>I got mine to work with the LiquidCrystal library on a Uno and using all 20x4 chars.</p>
Customer #197954 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VCustomer #197954urn:uuid:9777d9fd-593b-8405-3529-93f8a92274892012-01-28T18:00:46-07:00<p>Can anyone confirm if this works with an Arduino Uno? Following these directions (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal), no matter what I do I can only see solid blocks on two of the 4 rows when the pot is turned all the way down. Is this because the Arduino library is for a 16x2 character LCD and this one is a 20x4?</p>
Eric_V on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VEric_Vurn:uuid:fd6cf8f5-a451-9923-c995-b262b12cdad32011-10-13T01:59:51-06:00<p>I forgot to buy breakaway male header pins for this LCD module. However, I do have spare female headers from a previous project. Would I be able to use the female headers?</p>
MikeGrusin on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VMikeGrusinurn:uuid:e9d9bd41-c352-050b-7c03-4ee91f6ce38f2011-09-09T12:06:46-06:00<p>This display has a parallel interface, so it will require about 6 I/O pins to run. The parallel protocol is complex, but there are good LCD libraries out there which make it easy to use. The difference between this and a serial display is that the serial display will only require one I/O pin.</p>
MikeGrusin on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VMikeGrusinurn:uuid:b3ce7940-5f79-2c89-350d-72f29e4147c62011-09-09T12:02:38-06:00<p>You simply solder the backpack to the display. Note that we also carry serial displays with the backpack functionality built-in.</p>
BakedSam on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VBakedSamurn:uuid:c10c985e-25ba-a0fc-a575-73d7c97dde742011-09-08T22:50:58-06:00<p>How would I use this with the serial backpack?</p>
Blueblast88 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VBlueblast88urn:uuid:f5f66cc0-b138-880b-c01b-6b6c98f79b7a2011-08-18T22:11:56-06:00<p>can you easily use this with the arduino</p>
Adamant on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VAdamanturn:uuid:77d9bfc9-0a2d-0d5f-4ae2-b9dee06edaee2011-06-23T22:02:35-06:00<p>Rookie question, what's the difference between this and serial? I plan to just be hooking this up to outputs from my ATMega328. What else do I need to make this work?</p>
tbp105 on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5Vtbp105urn:uuid:048091a2-d683-244c-ea78-6c61daabdbc32011-06-18T15:45:54-06:00<p>If you use straight headers, the clips used to anchor the lcd to the board get in the way when you try to plug it into a breadboard with power rails on the side.<br>
You'll want to use right angle headers or a breadboard with no power rails.</p>
Aubrey on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VAubreyurn:uuid:07fbca49-fa61-2372-6707-40e9b1c131132011-05-10T03:19:11-06:00<p>A very useful LCD - and, if you need it to take even less than 6 pins, there's a library (by Chris Parish) for using it with a 74HC595 shift register that reduces it to 3 digital output pins. The library and Chris's tutorial is here - http :// cjparish.blogspot.com/2010/01/controlling-lcd-display-with-shift.html</p>
PhantomTypist on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VPhantomTypisturn:uuid:487df29d-3510-06b8-7b1a-49098bc977072011-01-10T10:36:21-07:00<p>I would definitely like to have a 3.3v version of this. Other colors (black/white or black/red) would be nice too. The 3.3v is a higher priority for me though.</p>
Brodie on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VBrodieurn:uuid:c127ccba-359f-1058-a5dd-17c4c827d4b72011-01-06T16:58:40-07:00<p>Any possibility of more colours...? and / or a 3.3v version?</p>
RobertC. on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VRobertC.urn:uuid:f5881267-bf22-788e-70d3-b1afe1f561482010-08-26T08:37:10-06:00<p>If you have specific questions about this product, please email tech support directly at techsupport@sparkfun.com.</p>
wchill on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5Vwchillurn:uuid:6aa88940-7e89-f9aa-a003-7106a7fedc322010-08-26T02:49:15-06:00<p>Isn't the LED forward voltage supposed to be the same as the backlight supply voltage? They're different.<br>
And how would you drive the backlight with 150mA?</p>
duncat0r on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5Vduncat0rurn:uuid:792e3a61-99d4-8462-2090-d85e2a6d9dab2010-08-07T20:40:02-06:00<p>There's one built in, as per the datasheet</p>
Beta on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VBetaurn:uuid:38b1bd08-3b06-d295-8675-d1aa7be5c5a92010-07-06T14:07:12-06:00<p>Can anyone tell me what size resistor to use when using the back light, or is the resistor built-in?</p>
SteveChamberlin on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VSteveChamberlinurn:uuid:705483a7-bf00-98c4-830f-5702464f30312010-05-31T08:50:16-06:00<p>@Twiddler: Yes, it's possible to write too fast. Check the write cycle timings in the datasheet. The enable signal can't be cycled faster than 2MHz. Also after each command sent to the LCD, you have to wait until the busy flag is clear, or delay several microseconds to milliseconds (depending on which command).</p>
Twiddler on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VTwiddlerurn:uuid:f9a03a6d-d895-ea4e-5e70-02a8a5d18a682010-04-21T19:06:05-06:00<p>I am having loads of trouble with these. Is it possible to send data to them too quickly? I am counting pulses and when it really gets going, the screens go crazy. I can't figure it out.</p>
crocos on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5Vcrocosurn:uuid:b4646103-c77b-82e2-e393-2b47b7a5d7672010-04-09T18:54:02-06:00<p>Has anyone got an Eagle or Gerber file for this? Thanks!</p>
OddOne on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VOddOneurn:uuid:35115fc3-0db1-0a8f-7055-e13395dc4d7b2009-10-10T18:46:37-06:00<p>Adding to what N1VG posted, you can indeed control this module, or any other HD47780-based character LCD module for that matter, with six lines. If you're using an Arduino as the brains for your project, the LiquidCrystal library that comes with the Arduino IDE will run a HD47780-based module from six pins without having to manage things like passing nybbles to the module - you can just include LiquidCrystal.h, declare a new object (e.g., LiquidCrystal lcd(2,3,4,5,6,7); to use pins 2-7 to control the module), and just shoot data to it with the print() and write() commands. The library will handle the rest.</p>
MaxB on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VMaxBurn:uuid:9653d7b1-7930-3252-0519-49a88e744eab2009-07-06T05:39:07-06:00<p>Any chances of getting this in other colours like the 16x2s? I'd really like to see this in Red on Black</p>
N1VG on LCD-00256 - Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5VN1VGurn:uuid:e56c6961-ca6c-e094-090e-04b99a4017802009-01-08T14:19:29-07:00<p>You can get by with 6 I/O lines for an HD44780. Just keep the RW pin pulled low (assuming you don't need to read from the display) and connect only the high 4 data lines. You'll need to send it a command to put the bus into 4-bit mode, and of course you'll have to write to it one nybble at a time, but that's not hard to do.</p>