5110 lcd compile error [ solved ] using julian's method on youtube

half_a_bit · March 31, 2019, 6:31am

[update] solved
this library-less version explained by julian llett is easier to understand than most others out there it seems

could someone enlighten me, what is and how to correct the error ?
ty in advance
(this is following julian’s 8544 videos, at the 2nd video on printing characters
E6PUa4n2DnA)

i think the array is wrong in some way but i dont know what is it wrong about

#define RST 6 
#define CE 7 
#define DC 5 
#define DIN 11 
#define CLK 13 
//#include <font.h>
//#include <Arduino.h>

void LcdWC(byte cmd)  //write cmd
{ 
  digitalWrite(DC, LOW); 
  digitalWrite(CE, LOW); 
  shiftOut(DIN, CLK, MSBFIRST, cmd); 
  digitalWrite(CE, HIGH); 
} 
void LcdWD(byte cmd)  // write data
{ 
  digitalWrite(DC, HIGH); 
  digitalWrite(CE, LOW); 
  shiftOut(DIN, CLK, MSBFIRST, cmd); 
  digitalWrite(CE, HIGH); 
} 
void LcdCH(char CH)  //write character
{ 
  for (int i=0; i<5; i++)
  LcdWD(ASCII[CH -0x20][i]);
  LcdWD(0x00);
  
} 
void setup() 
{ 
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(RST, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(CE, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(DC, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(DIN, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(CLK, OUTPUT); 
  digitalWrite(RST, LOW); 
  digitalWrite(RST, HIGH); 
  LcdWC(0x21); // LCD extended commands 
  LcdWC(0xb8); // set LCD Vop (contrast) 
  LcdWC(0x04); // set temp coefficent 
  LcdWC(0x13); // LCD bias mode 1:40 
  LcdWC(0x20); // LCD basic commands 
  LcdWC(0x08); // LCD all segments on 
  LcdWC(0x0C); // LCD video
  int r =0.0;
  r =random(-1.0,1.0);
  randomSeed(r);
  byte ASCII [][5] =0
  char CH = 0
  
static const byte ASCII[][5] =
{
   {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x20
  ,{0x00, 0x00, 0x5f, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x21 !
  ,{0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00} // 0x22 "
  ,{0x14, 0x7f, 0x14, 0x7f, 0x14} // 0x23 #
  ,{0x24, 0x2a, 0x7f, 0x2a, 0x12} // 0x24 $
  ,{0x23, 0x13, 0x08, 0x64, 0x62} // 0x25 %
  ,{0x36, 0x49, 0x55, 0x22, 0x50} // 0x26 &
  ,{0x00, 0x05, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x27 '
  ,{0x00, 0x1c, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00} // 0x28 (
  ,{0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1c, 0x00} // 0x29 )
  ,{0x14, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x14} // 0x2a *
  ,{0x08, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x08} // 0x2b +
  ,{0x00, 0x50, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x2c ,
  ,{0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08} // 0x2d -
  ,{0x00, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x2e .
  ,{0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02} // 0x2f /
  ,{0x3e, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x3e} // 0x30 0
  ,{0x00, 0x42, 0x7f, 0x40, 0x00} // 0x31 1
  ,{0x42, 0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x46} // 0x32 2
  ,{0x21, 0x41, 0x45, 0x4b, 0x31} // 0x33 3
  ,{0x18, 0x14, 0x12, 0x7f, 0x10} // 0x34 4
  ,{0x27, 0x45, 0x45, 0x45, 0x39} // 0x35 5
  ,{0x3c, 0x4a, 0x49, 0x49, 0x30} // 0x36 6
  ,{0x01, 0x71, 0x09, 0x05, 0x03} // 0x37 7
  ,{0x36, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36} // 0x38 8
  ,{0x06, 0x49, 0x49, 0x29, 0x1e} // 0x39 9
  ,{0x00, 0x36, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x3a :
  ,{0x00, 0x56, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x3b ;
  ,{0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00} // 0x3c <
  ,{0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14} // 0x3d =
  ,{0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08} // 0x3e >
  ,{0x02, 0x01, 0x51, 0x09, 0x06} // 0x3f ?
  ,{0x32, 0x49, 0x79, 0x41, 0x3e} // 0x40 @
  ,{0x7e, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x7e} // 0x41 A
  ,{0x7f, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36} // 0x42 B
  ,{0x3e, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22} // 0x43 C
  ,{0x7f, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1c} // 0x44 D
  ,{0x7f, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x41} // 0x45 E
  ,{0x7f, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x01} // 0x46 F
  ,{0x3e, 0x41, 0x49, 0x49, 0x7a} // 0x47 G
  ,{0x7f, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x7f} // 0x48 H
  ,{0x00, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x41, 0x00} // 0x49 I
  ,{0x20, 0x40, 0x41, 0x3f, 0x01} // 0x4a J
  ,{0x7f, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41} // 0x4b K
  ,{0x7f, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40} // 0x4c L
  ,{0x7f, 0x02, 0x0c, 0x02, 0x7f} // 0x4d M
  ,{0x7f, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x7f} // 0x4e N
  ,{0x3e, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3e} // 0x4f O
  ,{0x7f, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x06} // 0x50 P
  ,{0x3e, 0x41, 0x51, 0x21, 0x5e} // 0x51 Q
  ,{0x7f, 0x09, 0x19, 0x29, 0x46} // 0x52 R
  ,{0x46, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x31} // 0x53 S
  ,{0x01, 0x01, 0x7f, 0x01, 0x01} // 0x54 T
  ,{0x3f, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3f} // 0x55 U
  ,{0x1f, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1f} // 0x56 V
  ,{0x3f, 0x40, 0x38, 0x40, 0x3f} // 0x57 W
  ,{0x63, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x63} // 0x58 X
  ,{0x07, 0x08, 0x70, 0x08, 0x07} // 0x59 Y
  ,{0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x43} // 0x5a Z
  ,{0x00, 0x7f, 0x41, 0x41, 0x00} // 0x5b [
  ,{0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20} // 0x5c \
  ,{0x00, 0x41, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x00} // 0x5d ]
  ,{0x04, 0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04} // 0x5e ^
  ,{0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40} // 0x5f _
  ,{0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x00} // 0x60 `
  ,{0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x78} // 0x61 a
  ,{0x7f, 0x48, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38} // 0x62 b
  ,{0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x20} // 0x63 c
  ,{0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x48, 0x7f} // 0x64 d
  ,{0x38, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x18} // 0x65 e
  ,{0x08, 0x7e, 0x09, 0x01, 0x02} // 0x66 f
  ,{0x0c, 0x52, 0x52, 0x52, 0x3e} // 0x67 g
  ,{0x7f, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78} // 0x68 h
  ,{0x00, 0x44, 0x7d, 0x40, 0x00} // 0x69 i
  ,{0x20, 0x40, 0x44, 0x3d, 0x00} // 0x6a j
  ,{0x7f, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, 0x00} // 0x6b k
  ,{0x00, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x40, 0x00} // 0x6c l
  ,{0x7c, 0x04, 0x18, 0x04, 0x78} // 0x6d m
  ,{0x7c, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78} // 0x6e n
  ,{0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38} // 0x6f o
  ,{0x7c, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x08} // 0x70 p
  ,{0x08, 0x14, 0x14, 0x18, 0x7c} // 0x71 q
  ,{0x7c, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08} // 0x72 r
  ,{0x48, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x20} // 0x73 s
  ,{0x04, 0x3f, 0x44, 0x40, 0x20} // 0x74 t
  ,{0x3c, 0x40, 0x40, 0x20, 0x7c} // 0x75 u
  ,{0x1c, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1c} // 0x76 v
  ,{0x3c, 0x40, 0x30, 0x40, 0x3c} // 0x77 w
  ,{0x44, 0x28, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44} // 0x78 x
  ,{0x0c, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x3c} // 0x79 y
  ,{0x44, 0x64, 0x54, 0x4c, 0x44} // 0x7a z
  ,{0x00, 0x08, 0x36, 0x41, 0x00} // 0x7b {
  ,{0x00, 0x00, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x00} // 0x7c |
  ,{0x00, 0x41, 0x36, 0x08, 0x00} // 0x7d }
  ,{0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x08} // 0x7e ~
  ,{0x78, 0x46, 0x41, 0x46, 0x78} // 0x7f DEL
}
}
void loop()
{
  
  
  //char b[0];
  //itoa(r, b, 16);
  //Serial.println(b);
  //int d =0;
  //delay (d);
  //LcdWC(0x08); // LCD all segments off
  //delay (d);
  //LcdWC(0x09); // LCD all segments on
  for (int i=0; i<23; i++)
    LcdWD(random(0,256)); // draws randoms
  LcdCH(0x41); // writes letter A after

  
}

‘ASCII’ was not declared in this scope
again tyvm

david_2018 · March 31, 2019, 9:27am

You are referencing the ASCII array before it has been declared, and you have the declaration inside setup, which makes it local to setup, and unusable outside of setup. Try moving it to the beginning of the sketch, before you start the function declarations.

pert · March 31, 2019, 9:43am

You have completely failed in your copy/paste skills. What you needed to do was copy the code from the “Here’s the Arduino code listing:” comment to the main tab of your sketch in the Arduino IDE. After that, you need to create a new tab by clicking the downward pointing triangle near the top right corner of the Arduino IDE, selecting “New Tab”, then naming it font.h. In font.h, you need to paste the contents of the “And here’s the font data:” comment.

Copy pasting code from YouTube comments is an absolute nightmare. The fact that the author thought that was an acceptable way to share code makes me seriously doubt the quality of the information they provide. In order to save you from the many hassles of copying the code from the comments, I’ll provide them here in a much more suitable form:
main sketch tab:

#define RST 12
#define CE  11
#define DC  10
#define DIN  9
#define CLK  8

#include "font.h"

void LcdWriteString(char *characters)
{
  while (*characters) LcdWriteCharacter(*characters++);
}

void LcdWriteCharacter(char character)
{
  for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) LcdWriteData(ASCII[character - 0x20][i]);
  LcdWriteData(0x00);
}

void LcdWriteData(byte dat)
{
  digitalWrite(DC, HIGH); //DC pin is low for commands
  digitalWrite(CE, LOW);
  shiftOut(DIN, CLK, MSBFIRST, dat); //transmit serial data
  digitalWrite(CE, HIGH);
}

void LcdXY(int x, int y)
{
  LcdWriteCmd(0x80 | x);  // Column.
  LcdWriteCmd(0x40 | y);  // Row.
}

void LcdWriteCmd(byte cmd)
{
  digitalWrite(DC, LOW); //DC pin is low for commands
  digitalWrite(CE, LOW);
  shiftOut(DIN, CLK, MSBFIRST, cmd); //transmit serial data
  digitalWrite(CE, HIGH);
}

void setup()
{
  pinMode(RST, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(CE, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(DC, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(DIN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(CLK, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(RST, LOW);
  digitalWrite(RST, HIGH);

  LcdWriteCmd(0x21);  // LCD extended commands
  LcdWriteCmd(0xBF);  // set LCD Vop (contrast)
  LcdWriteCmd(0x04);  // set temp coefficent
  LcdWriteCmd(0x14);  // LCD bias mode 1:40
  LcdWriteCmd(0x20);  // LCD basic commands
  LcdWriteCmd(0x0C);  // LCD normal video

  for (int i = 0; i < 504; i++) LcdWriteData(0x00); // clear LCD

  LcdXY(20, 2);
  LcdWriteString("THE END");
}

void loop() {}

font.h:

#include <Arduino.h>
static const byte ASCII[][5] = {
  {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00} // 20
  , {0x00, 0x00, 0x5f, 0x00, 0x00} // 21 !
  , {0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00} // 22 "
  , {0x14, 0x7f, 0x14, 0x7f, 0x14} // 23 #
  , {0x24, 0x2a, 0x7f, 0x2a, 0x12} // 24 $
  , {0x23, 0x13, 0x08, 0x64, 0x62} // 25 %
  , {0x36, 0x49, 0x55, 0x22, 0x50} // 26 &
  , {0x00, 0x05, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00} // 27 '
  , {0x00, 0x1c, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00} // 28 (
  , {0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1c, 0x00} // 29 )
  , {0x14, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x14} // 2a *
  , {0x08, 0x08, 0x3e, 0x08, 0x08} // 2b +
  , {0x00, 0x50, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00} // 2c ,
  , {0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08} // 2d -
  , {0x00, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00} // 2e .
  , {0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02} // 2f /
  , {0x3e, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x3e} // 30 0
  , {0x00, 0x42, 0x7f, 0x40, 0x00} // 31 1
  , {0x42, 0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x46} // 32 2
  , {0x21, 0x41, 0x45, 0x4b, 0x31} // 33 3
  , {0x18, 0x14, 0x12, 0x7f, 0x10} // 34 4
  , {0x27, 0x45, 0x45, 0x45, 0x39} // 35 5
  , {0x3c, 0x4a, 0x49, 0x49, 0x30} // 36 6
  , {0x01, 0x71, 0x09, 0x05, 0x03} // 37 7
  , {0x36, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36} // 38 8
  , {0x06, 0x49, 0x49, 0x29, 0x1e} // 39 9
  , {0x00, 0x36, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00} // 3a :
  , {0x00, 0x56, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00} // 3b ;
  , {0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00} // 3c <
  , {0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14} // 3d =
  , {0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08} // 3e >
  , {0x02, 0x01, 0x51, 0x09, 0x06} // 3f ?
  , {0x32, 0x49, 0x79, 0x41, 0x3e} // 40 @
  , {0x7e, 0x11, 0x11, 0x11, 0x7e} // 41 A
  , {0x7f, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36} // 42 B
  , {0x3e, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22} // 43 C
  , {0x7f, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1c} // 44 D
  , {0x7f, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x41} // 45 E
  , {0x7f, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x01} // 46 F
  , {0x3e, 0x41, 0x49, 0x49, 0x7a} // 47 G
  , {0x7f, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x7f} // 48 H
  , {0x00, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x41, 0x00} // 49 I
  , {0x20, 0x40, 0x41, 0x3f, 0x01} // 4a J
  , {0x7f, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41} // 4b K
  , {0x7f, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40} // 4c L
  , {0x7f, 0x02, 0x0c, 0x02, 0x7f} // 4d M
  , {0x7f, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x7f} // 4e N
  , {0x3e, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3e} // 4f O
  , {0x7f, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x06} // 50 P
  , {0x3e, 0x41, 0x51, 0x21, 0x5e} // 51 Q
  , {0x7f, 0x09, 0x19, 0x29, 0x46} // 52 R
  , {0x46, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x31} // 53 S
  , {0x01, 0x01, 0x7f, 0x01, 0x01} // 54 T
  , {0x3f, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3f} // 55 U
  , {0x1f, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1f} // 56 V
  , {0x3f, 0x40, 0x38, 0x40, 0x3f} // 57 W
  , {0x63, 0x14, 0x08, 0x14, 0x63} // 58 X
  , {0x07, 0x08, 0x70, 0x08, 0x07} // 59 Y
  , {0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x43} // 5a Z
  , {0x00, 0x7f, 0x41, 0x41, 0x00} // 5b [
  , {0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20} // 5c ¥
  , {0x00, 0x41, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x00} // 5d ]
  , {0x04, 0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04} // 5e ^
  , {0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40} // 5f _
  , {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x00} // 60 `
  , {0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x78} // 61 a
  , {0x7f, 0x48, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38} // 62 b
  , {0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x20} // 63 c
  , {0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x48, 0x7f} // 64 d
  , {0x38, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x18} // 65 e
  , {0x08, 0x7e, 0x09, 0x01, 0x02} // 66 f
  , {0x0c, 0x52, 0x52, 0x52, 0x3e} // 67 g
  , {0x7f, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78} // 68 h
  , {0x00, 0x44, 0x7d, 0x40, 0x00} // 69 i
  , {0x20, 0x40, 0x44, 0x3d, 0x00} // 6a j
  , {0x7f, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, 0x00} // 6b k
  , {0x00, 0x41, 0x7f, 0x40, 0x00} // 6c l
  , {0x7c, 0x04, 0x18, 0x04, 0x78} // 6d m
  , {0x7c, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78} // 6e n
  , {0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38} // 6f o
  , {0x7c, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x08} // 70 p
  , {0x08, 0x14, 0x14, 0x18, 0x7c} // 71 q
  , {0x7c, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x08} // 72 r
  , {0x48, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x20} // 73 s
  , {0x04, 0x3f, 0x44, 0x40, 0x20} // 74 t
  , {0x3c, 0x40, 0x40, 0x20, 0x7c} // 75 u
  , {0x1c, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1c} // 76 v
  , {0x3c, 0x40, 0x30, 0x40, 0x3c} // 77 w
  , {0x44, 0x28, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44} // 78 x
  , {0x0c, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x3c} // 79 y
  , {0x44, 0x64, 0x54, 0x4c, 0x44} // 7a z
  , {0x00, 0x08, 0x36, 0x41, 0x00} // 7b {
  , {0x00, 0x00, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x00} // 7c |
  , {0x00, 0x41, 0x36, 0x08, 0x00} // 7d }
  , {0x10, 0x08, 0x08, 0x10, 0x08} // 7e ←
  , {0x78, 0x46, 0x41, 0x46, 0x78} // 7f
};

david_2018 · March 31, 2019, 9:52am

I had looked at the youtube pages, but didn't see the code since it wasn't posted in the video description. Expecting someone to dig through years of comments to find the code is not good.

half_a_bit · March 31, 2019, 5:41pm

yea, julian said he pasted the code in the comments, but i didnt read the comments haha

i froze/read the video. so i sort of winged parts of the stuff and the others are googling the missing pieces. googling the pieces was fun until i could not figure out the errors, i also looked at other library examples or tutorials
it is amazing when it comes to other libraries
it is almost like all of them are made to prevent you from learning what is LCD

thank you for the pointers everyone !
i shall post more noob problems soon !
and shout out to julian's wonderful videos !
they should have julian fruit industries, he explains it better than ada.
maybe he just didnt need to sell us anything (yet hahaha)

now lets see
i need to make some "ohm" glyphs ! a "pi" ! and ...

pert · March 31, 2019, 10:37pm

I haven't watched many of the Julian Illet videos, but I should temper my criticism of the use of comments to share code with the fact that this video was from 5.5 years ago. Hopefully they have evolved to better code sharing practices in the time since then.

Nick_Pyner · April 1, 2019, 12:29am

half_a_bit:
[update]
easier to understand than most others out there it seems

No it doesn't. maybe you are alluding to some time in the distant past when there were no libraries. The libraries published by Philips and Rinky-Dink (Henning Karlsen) are easily understood, and even easier to use. They simply put all that ascii mapping stuff away inside. You can also add custom characters when you use the Philips PCD8544 library. I imagine the same applies to Karlsen's but I haven't used it as I believe it offers more versatility than the 5110 warrants..

system · May 6, 2021, 4:00am

5110 lcd compile error [** solved **] using julian's method on youtube

5110 lcd compile error [ solved ] using julian's method on youtube