Newbie - Help - Powertip - PC1602G-T

screamin

New Member
Hi All, I am new here and this is my first post

I have a Powertip - PC1602G-T LCD (Salvaged) and have tried to get it to display some text. I have 18M2+ PICAXE

I found this page

Code:
'PINOUT
'Pin 1 - C.2 = RS
'Pin 2 - C.3 = E
'Pin 6 - B.0 = D4
'Pin 7 - B.1 = D5
'Pin 8 - B.2 = D6
'Pin 9 - B.3 = D7

'FIRMWARE VARIABLES
'254 Talk to the LCD firmware
'1 Clear the display and move to the start of the first line
'2 Move the cursor and display "Window" to the start of the first line
'16 Move the cursor left one possition
'20 Move the cursor right one possition
'24 Scroll display "Window" left one possition
'28Scroll display "Window" right one possition
'128Move cursor to the start of the first line
'192 Move cursor to the start of the second line

'SYMBOLS
symbol RS = C.2
symbol E = C.3
symbol D4 = B.0
symbol D5 = B.1
symbol D6 = B.2
symbol D7 = B.3

'Printing Text
	serout D5,T2400,(254,1) 'Blank the Screen
	pause 30 'Delay required to allow the blank to finish
	serout D5,T2400,(254, 128,"Hello there!") 'Prints "Hello there!" to line 1
	serout D5,T2400,(254, 192,"Im an LCD yay!") ' Prints "Im and LCD yay!" to line 2
I have tried the code on here for the hantronic lcd but either one I have no success at getting any text on the lcd.

any pointers would be great!!
 

MPep

Senior Member
Hi Screamin

Welcome to the Forum.
The first pointer I can give you is that this section is for Finished User Projects.
Try reposting this question is the General Forum for a wider readership
MPep.
 

BeanieBots

Moderator
Your pin assignments are for parallel connection but you are sending serial commands????
What have you actually got?
Is it just the LCD device or does it have a serial - parallel back pack?
There are plenty of examples for each on here but you need to know what hardware you have before you can even start looking.
 

SAborn

Senior Member
My suggestion is to buy a $3.00 LCD from China with pinouts listed and learn how to drive a LCD, then try to use your salvaged item once you know how to send data to it.

There is often a lot to be gained from a step back to learn 10 steps forward.
 
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