{"id":3738,"date":"2021-03-25T19:37:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T19:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/?page_id=3738"},"modified":"2021-05-19T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T15:58:07","slug":"arduino-display-special-characters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/arduino-sample-coderesources\/arduino-display-special-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Arduino Display: Special Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

This will give us a chance to work with a display and special characters.\u00a0 Like these:<\/p>\n

\"Arduino<\/a><\/p>\n

I have code AND wiring info for you – keep scrolling.<\/p>\n

To save you time in wiring your display, follow these steps to make a copy of your first Arduino Display Circuit and Code or click here for wiring guide:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. login to tinkercad.com<\/li>\n
  2. click on circuits on the left hand menu<\/li>\n
  3. find your Arduino LED Display Circuit but DON’T OPEN IT, OK?<\/li>\n
  4. click on the gear icon in the top right hand corner of the thumbnail for that circuit (see image below).<\/li>\n
  5. This will make a copy of your original circuit.\u00a0 You can modify the copy without changing the original<\/li>\n
  6. \"\"<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    7. Click here for my tinkercad circuit – copy the code from tinkercad into your program.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Here’s sample code to get you started – copy\/paste everything between the ***** (but don’t include the stars!):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    ************************<\/p>\n

    #include<LiquidCrystal.h>
    \n\/\/https:\/\/www.makerguides.com\/character-lcd-arduino-tutorial\/
    \nLiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
    \n\/* Example sketch to create and display custom characters on character LCD with Arduino and LiquidCrystal library. For more info see www.makerguides.com *\/<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \/\/ Make custom characters:
    \nbyte Heart[] = {
    \nB00000,
    \nB01010,
    \nB11111,
    \nB11111,
    \nB01110,
    \nB00100,
    \nB00000,
    \nB00000
    \n};
    \nbyte Bell[] = {
    \nB00100,
    \nB01110,
    \nB01110,
    \nB01110,
    \nB11111,
    \nB00000,
    \nB00100,
    \nB00000
    \n};
    \nbyte Alien[] = {
    \nB11111,
    \nB10101,
    \nB11111,
    \nB11111,
    \nB01110,
    \nB01010,
    \nB11011,
    \nB00000
    \n};
    \nbyte Check[] = {
    \nB00000,
    \nB00001,
    \nB00011,
    \nB10110,
    \nB11100,
    \nB01000,
    \nB00000,
    \nB00000
    \n};
    \nbyte Speaker[] = {
    \nB00001,
    \nB00011,
    \nB01111,
    \nB01111,
    \nB01111,
    \nB00011,
    \nB00001,
    \nB00000
    \n};
    \nbyte Sound[] = {
    \nB00001,
    \nB00011,
    \nB00101,
    \nB01001,
    \nB01001,
    \nB01011,
    \nB11011,
    \nB11000
    \n};
    \nbyte Skull[] = {
    \nB00000,
    \nB01110,
    \nB10101,
    \nB11011,
    \nB01110,
    \nB01110,
    \nB00000,
    \nB00000
    \n};
    \nbyte Lock[] = {
    \nB01110,
    \nB10001,
    \nB10001,
    \nB11111,
    \nB11011,
    \nB11011,
    \nB11111,
    \nB00000
    \n};<\/p>\n

    void setup() {
    \n\/\/ Specify the LCD’s number of columns and rows:
    \nlcd.begin(16, 2);<\/p>\n

    \/\/ Create a new characters:
    \nlcd.createChar(0, Heart);
    \nlcd.createChar(1, Bell);
    \nlcd.createChar(2, Alien);
    \nlcd.createChar(3, Check);
    \nlcd.createChar(4, Speaker);
    \nlcd.createChar(5, Sound);
    \nlcd.createChar(6, Skull);
    \nlcd.createChar(7, Lock);<\/p>\n

    \/\/ Clears the LCD screen:
    \nlcd.clear();<\/p>\n

    \/\/ Print a message to the lcd:
    \nlcd.print(“Custom Character”);
    \n}<\/p>\n

    void loop() {
    \n\/\/ Print all the custom characters:
    \nlcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(0));
    \nlcd.setCursor(2, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(1));
    \nlcd.setCursor(4, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(2));
    \nlcd.setCursor(6, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(3));
    \nlcd.setCursor(8, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(4));
    \nlcd.setCursor(10, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(5));
    \nlcd.setCursor(12, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(6));
    \nlcd.setCursor(14, 1);
    \nlcd.write(byte(7));
    \n}<\/p>\n

    ***************************<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This will give us a chance to work with a display and special characters.\u00a0 Like these: I have code AND wiring info for you – keep scrolling. To save you time in wiring your display, follow these steps to make a copy of your first Arduino Display Circuit and Code or click here for wiring … Continue reading Arduino Display: Special Characters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":183,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3738","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3738"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3738\/revisions\/3779"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}