Steve 0 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 O.k - Well i had my msp430 Launchpad for a while now, and i have one of these items: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UWCZGU/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00 I am clueless how to add the lcd to the launchpad, i am a super beginner to this, are there any simple how-to videos? Also i do not have a soldering gun i perfer not to use one, would i have to use a beginner breadboard? What other items would i need to get this to work? what kind of wires? Im sorry i know this is considered very basic to many of you, but i would love to learn from others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpnorair 340 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 You need to implement the HD44780 driver in firmware. You can probably find some sample code, or even some ready-to-run libraries. You'll need a way to connect the wires to the display, so you'll probably need to solder a header to it. that is, a bank of pins to connect wires onto. You can use "wire wrap" if you want. Personally, I would just buy some female jumper cables. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
igor 163 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 You need to find a datasheet for your display (which will have information about pinout, commands, voltage levels, etc.) Looks like this is a 5volt device, so you will have to be careful about connecting it to the launchpad (3 volt device) - be careful to use 5 volt tolerant pins (if there are any), or converters, etc. Edit: The following document from TI might be helpful in the latter respect www.ti.com/lit/an/slaa148/slaa148.pdf (It, like the datasheet, may not be very beginner friendly.) Edit: I just happened upon a project using a similar LCD on a different microcontroller (AVR). http://www.harbaum.org/till/lcd2usb/index.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PowerX 2 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 From the picture i guess it is a 1602a here is the datasheet of that : http://www.openhacks.com/uploadsproductos/eone-1602a1.pdf I suggest you use energia for a quick example, it explains in the code how to make the connections. For the connections i soldered male headers and inserted them in the breadboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobG 1,892 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Search this site, there are several examples for this type of display. Here for example. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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