Hi, I am using a HD44780 controlled 20x4 lcd with an Arduino mega 2560. When I send anything to it it gets split up at a new line.. its acting like a 16x2 no matter how I set up lcd.begin. When it comes to the end of line it misses the row beneath it and carries on to the one after the next line (…

lcd.begin.. Has no effect on my display.

liuzengqiang September 17, 2012, 5:33am 2

Skipping line is normal. Post pictures if you want others to understand your point regarding display bahaving like 16*2 all the time.

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