floresta:
Is jumper link J2 soldered or open?Don
i will check but i have been experimenting and here is what i found out(work arounds)
basically if i issue the lcd.setCursor command twice except the very first time, everytime it is used then everything works fine
example one
/*
LiquidCrystal Library - Hello World
Demonstrates the use a 16x2 LCD display. The LiquidCrystal
library works with all LCD displays that are compatible with the
Hitachi HD44780 driver. There are many of them out there, and you
can usually tell them by the 16-pin interface.
This sketch prints "Hello World!" to the LCD
and shows the time.
The circuit:
* LCD RS pin to digital pin 12
* LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11
* LCD D4 pin to digital pin 5
* LCD D5 pin to digital pin 4
* LCD D6 pin to digital pin 3
* LCD D7 pin to digital pin 2
* LCD R/W pin to ground
* 10K resistor:
* ends to +5V and ground
* wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3)
Library originally added 18 Apr 2008
by David A. Mellis
library modified 5 Jul 2009
by Limor Fried (http://www.ladyada.net)
example added 9 Jul 2009
by Tom Igoe
modified 22 Nov 2010
by Tom Igoe
This example code is in the public domain.
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal
*/
// include the library code:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2);
void setup() {
// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
lcd.begin(20, 2);
// Print a message to the LCD.
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
lcd.print("hello, world!");
//delay (10);
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
lcd.setCursor(0, 1); // added second time here and it now works
lcd.print("byebye, world!");
//lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
//lcd.print("hello, world!");
}
void loop() {
// set the cursor to column 0, line 1
// (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0):
//lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
//lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
// print the number of seconds since reset:
//lcd.print(millis()/1000);
//delay(50);
}
example 2
/*
LiquidCrystal Library - Autoscroll
Demonstrates the use a 16x2 LCD display. The LiquidCrystal
library works with all LCD displays that are compatible with the
Hitachi HD44780 driver. There are many of them out there, and you
can usually tell them by the 16-pin interface.
This sketch demonstrates the use of the autoscroll()
and noAutoscroll() functions to make new text scroll or not.
The circuit:
* LCD RS pin to digital pin 12
* LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11
* LCD D4 pin to digital pin 5
* LCD D5 pin to digital pin 4
* LCD D6 pin to digital pin 3
* LCD D7 pin to digital pin 2
* LCD R/W pin to ground
* 10K resistor:
* ends to +5V and ground
* wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3)
Library originally added 18 Apr 2008
by David A. Mellis
library modified 5 Jul 2009
by Limor Fried (http://www.ladyada.net)
example added 9 Jul 2009
by Tom Igoe
modified 22 Nov 2010
by Tom Igoe
This example code is in the public domain.
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystalAutoscroll
*/
// include the library code:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2);
void setup() {
// set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
lcd.begin(20,2);
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
}
void loop() {
// set the cursor to (0,0):
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
lcd.setCursor(0, 0); // added repeat
// print from 0 to 9:
for (int thisChar = 0; thisChar < 10; thisChar++) {
lcd.print(thisChar);
delay(500);
}
// set the cursor to (16,1):
lcd.setCursor(20,1);
lcd.setCursor(20,1); //added repeat
// set the display to automatically scroll:
lcd.autoscroll();
// print from 0 to 9:
for (int thisChar = 0; thisChar < 10; thisChar++) {
lcd.print(thisChar);
delay(500);
}
// turn off automatic scrolling
lcd.noAutoscroll();
// clear screen for the next loop:
lcd.clear();
}