Can you just define 8 customer characters print them, then change them and define and print 8 more?
The other way of course is to multiplex using an interrupt, if PIC is good enough to do this task. Matt. On Mar 8, 2:13 pm, Joep Suijs <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > athttp://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.
