It seems I am having the same problem as ZK in terms of the library not being found and it is driving me a little crazier. I downloaded the the zip file from https://bitbucket.org/fmalpartida/new-liquidcrystal/downloads and unzipped it into the following directory C:\Program Files (x86)\arduino-1.0\libraries\LiquidCrystal I renamed the original LiquidCryrstal directory in case I need it again. When I restarted the IDE the examples are found so I thought great we are cooking with gas. I loaded the example HelloWorld_SR as I have shift register on the LCD and have had it working under a different library.
Compiled the HelloWorld_SR skecth and got the following error 'class LiquidCrysatl_SR' has no member named 'createChar' I commented out the line with createChar to see if it was only that function and got the same error except this time it was for 'home'
#include <Wire.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_SR.h>
LiquidCrystal_SR lcd(8,7,TWO_WIRE);
// | |
// | \-- Clock Pin
// \---- Data/Enable Pin
// Creat a set of new characters
byte armsUp[8] = {0b00100,0b01010,0b00100,0b10101,0b01110,0b00100,0b00100,0b01010};
byte armsDown[8] = {0b00100,0b01010,0b00100,0b00100,0b01110,0b10101,0b00100,0b01010};
void setup(){
lcd.begin(16,2); // initialize the lcd
lcd.createChar (0, armsUp); // load character to the LCD
lcd.createChar (1, armsDown); // load character to the LCD
lcd.home (); // go home
lcd.print("LiquidCrystal_SR");
}
void loop(){
// Do a little animation
for(int i = 0; i <= 15; i++) showHappyGuy(i);
for(int i = 15; i >= 0; i--) showHappyGuy(i);
}
void showHappyGuy(int pos){
lcd.setCursor ( pos, 1 ); // go to position
lcd.print(char(random(0,2))); // show one of the two custom characters
delay(150); // wait so it can be seen
lcd.setCursor ( pos, 1 ); // go to position again
lcd.print(" "); // delete character
}
I must have done something stupid but I am at a loss to figure out what it is I did wrong.
TIA
wade