Custom characters for the 2X16 parallel display
I am writing an application that needs large numbers 0-9 for the 2X16 parallel LCD. I would like them to be 2 cells tall and 3 cells wide using the 10 vertical pixel height cell. If I understand correctly, the display only allows 4 custom characters in the 10 vertical pixel mode. Is there a work around? Does anyone have a way of generating BIG numbers? I found the double tall, single cell characters but the aspect ratio is too skinny to be easily read. -Scott
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I've tackled this problem before and the best I could come up with was using standard 5x8 font mode and creating 2-digit tall characters.· The attached graphic shows the numbers and the eight customer characters required to display them.
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax
It actuallly worked very well and was faster that the the discription makes it sound.
Cheers
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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax