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GLCD: UC1601 Device Driver released.

Anobium
2019-08-28
2019-09-04
  • Anobium

    Anobium - 2019-08-28

    Great Cow BASIC now supports the UC1601 GLCD

    If can see this.. download the GIF  as an attachment

    The display is a 132 x 22 mono LCD. The driver supports the I2C (all variants) and all the Great Cow BASIC commands for GLCD and Rotate etc with support for both legacy and OLED fonts.

    The GLCD tested is a 4 Inch , mono LCD with software and hardware I2C. This is very suitable for PIC and AVR. Support of I2C requiring 2 ports in total. Typically operates at VCC 2.8 but always check voltage specifications.

    A nice display for cost and performance. The video (above) shows common GLCD commands being used, and, a BMP load method with a bargraph being updated.

    You will need to update your system with an updated GLCD libraries and a new UC1601 library.

    Enjoy.

     

    Last edit: Anobium 2019-09-04
    • mkstevo

      mkstevo - 2019-09-04

      Sorry, but is there a reason I can't see the 'video' or picture mentioned in your (first)post above?

       
      • Anobium

        Anobium - 2019-09-04

        Check your browser. I can see it. :-)

         
        • mkstevo

          mkstevo - 2019-09-04

          Definitely not working in Safari (Mac) even with AdBlock and Ghostery turned off. I'll fire up another browser and give that a go...

           
          • Anobium

            Anobium - 2019-09-04

            It is a gif. Sorted. Hopefuilly. View the attachment.

             
            • mkstevo

              mkstevo - 2019-09-04

              Ah, and whatever you've done there has worked, now in Safari (Mac) the downloadable option has shown up. Thanks.

               
          • mkstevo

            mkstevo - 2019-09-04

            Not working in Arctic Fox (Mac). Not fully working in Opera (Windows 10, VirtualBox) but I was at least offered the option to download the .gif and I have (at last!) been able to view it.

            Do you have a link where I could find the datasheet for the unit you demonstrate, if it isn't too much to ask?

             
            • Anobium

              Anobium - 2019-09-04

              I have learnt what not to do re posting GIFs! I added the option to download just now. :-)


              http://gcbasic.sourceforge.net/help/_uc1601_controllers.html

              On this Help page.

               
              • mkstevo

                mkstevo - 2019-09-04

                Thanks, that is a great help. I was looking for some more specific information on the LCD you were showing in the animation, dimensions and pin outs. I was wondering if I could use this type of display as a larger replacement for the 1602 type LCD displays.

                 
                • Anobium

                  Anobium - 2019-09-04

                  I will post.

                   
  • Anobium

    Anobium - 2019-08-28

    Just posted the demonstration code I used to GitHub. See here: https://github.com/Anobium/Great-Cow-BASIC-Demonstration-Sources/find/master and search for UC1601

    If you enter UC1601 in the dialog (after the Great-Cow-BASIC-Demonstration-Sources / )... this will show you all the UC1601 demos - at the top of the list.

     
    • Anobium

      Anobium - 2019-08-29

      Notes and insights as a PDF

       
  • bed

    bed - 2019-08-28

    Beautiful!
    As luck would have it, I still have exactly the same LCD displays lying around in my craft workshop. I will think about an MP3 player with a BIG display. So as a first idea

     
    • stan cartwright

      stan cartwright - 2019-08-28

      I have thought about a mp3 player. I have i2c one but it just show track numbers.
      How to get the extra info like band name,album name I don't know if possible with a pic.

       

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