You can fill the whole display with characters with any mix of pre-defined and custom characters. You can define up to 8 different custom characters. It's in the features section of the controller datasheet.
Joep 2011/3/8 mattschinkel <[email protected]>: > Why can you only display 8 custom characters at a time? is this a > hd44780 limitation? > > Matt. > > On Mar 8, 11:46 am, Joep Suijs <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2011/3/8 mattschinkel <[email protected]>: >> >> > I wonder if we could make a cache for hd44780 lcd display's... to make >> > them into graphical display's :) >> >> To some extend, you could. >> Iirc you can display 8 different custom chars at the same time. But >> there is some space inbetween and 8 is only a part of most displays... >> >> Joep > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jallib" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en.
