LCD Display Supplied with Inex-1000 Board
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> Background:
> The LCD module is a 1 x 16, with no backpack, with a controller chip
> SED1278F0a whose mfgr logo looks like <twin peaks (^^) + JAPAN. (who's
> chip is it?) The display appears to work just like a Hitachi HD44780. (Is
> it a clone?)
Is this the only chip on the Pcbd?
>
> Question #1: When I send in the first 8 characters (from left),
> everything works fine,
> but before sending the 9th character, I gotta send a command $C0 or
> these next 8
> characters don't make it to the display. Why? What's a command $C0? (the
"LCD
> Experiment" does this, but offers not a clue why...)
Sounds like you got one without an expander chip. These units treat the
2nd 8 charcters as line 2.
>
> Why do I feel these 2 questions are related?
> I read somewhere that some 1 x 8 displays are configured as 2 "lines" of 8
> chars. Could this be one of them? If so, How do I scroll left properly?
Yes, without the expander chip they are.
> Thanks to the collective for any help provided!
>
> The LCD module is a 1 x 16, with no backpack, with a controller chip
> SED1278F0a whose mfgr logo looks like <twin peaks (^^) + JAPAN. (who's
> chip is it?) The display appears to work just like a Hitachi HD44780. (Is
> it a clone?)
Is this the only chip on the Pcbd?
>
> Question #1: When I send in the first 8 characters (from left),
> everything works fine,
> but before sending the 9th character, I gotta send a command $C0 or
> these next 8
> characters don't make it to the display. Why? What's a command $C0? (the
"LCD
> Experiment" does this, but offers not a clue why...)
Sounds like you got one without an expander chip. These units treat the
2nd 8 charcters as line 2.
>
> Why do I feel these 2 questions are related?
> I read somewhere that some 1 x 8 displays are configured as 2 "lines" of 8
> chars. Could this be one of them? If so, How do I scroll left properly?
Yes, without the expander chip they are.
> Thanks to the collective for any help provided!
>