Re: [lcd4linux] 40x4 display with HD44780

[Michael R. <re...@eu...>]

Stefan Krister wrote:
>> There are large (40x4) displays which internally constist of two 
>> HD44780 chips, with two seperate "Enable" lines. At the moment
>> these displays are not supported, but a patch is in progress...
> 
> 
> I want to know how far the development is done yet.

Here's the answer I got from Jesse:

> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Subject: Re: lcd4linux - patch for 4x40 HD44780 displays
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:14:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jesse *****
> To: Michael Reinelt <re...@eu...>
> 
> 
> It kind of slipped my mind and there have been a few other things going on
> - I'll probably get around to it this week.
> 
> Jesse
> 
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Michael Reinelt wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jesse,
>>
>> > I ended up doing a quick hack to lcd4linux to allow it to support my
>> > display. Basically it looks at what line is being written to, and decides
>> > whether to send the enable signal to the upper or lower controller. If
>> > you're interested, I can clean up my code and send you a patch. Let me
>> > know.
>>
>> Did you find some time to clean up the code? I'd be very interested in
>> your patch!
>>
>> TIA, Michael

I'm waiting myself for the code...

bye, Michael

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