I'm making a character map and it seems I have most everything. I can't find one for OXXXX. (like "a" is OXOXO) Any suggestions? I would insert an image but can't figure out how to. I clicked insert image but it won't let me paste it in.
Thanks
Hi,
i cannot understand? could you elaborate a bit?
would love to help!
Patgadget
Montreal
Well if you put in for instance 0xa, 0xa oxa etc. you would get
OXOXO
OXOXO
OXOXO
OXOXO
OXOXO
OXOXO
OXOXO
OXOXO
Like railroad tracks; or 0x4,0x4,0x4,0xf,0x4,0x4,0x4
OOXOO
OOXOO
OOXOO
XXXXX
OOXOO
OOXOO
OOXOO
you get a cross
I'm really baffled, this stuff might be second nature to you, but for us people for whom it isn't second nature, could you explain exactly what you're trying to achieve ? I've gathered its something to do with LCD characters or possibly character set(s) so far. Hexadecimal perhaps ?
I can't find one for OXXXX. (like "a" is OXOXO) Any suggestions?
I'm sensing that you have an issue with understanding binary versus hexadecimal. If this is so you may want to consider that 0xa is equal to 1010 in binary. The ones match your X values. So if you want a pattern equal to "0XXXX" this would be binary "01111" which is equal to 0xf in hex notation.
The cross in your example seems to have an issue with the "XXXXX" pattern. This would be 0x1f in hex notation (not 0xf).
In Arduino you can either convert your patterns to Hex or specify the binary pattern directly as B1010 (equals 0xa).
Let's try to get some more information here.
What kind of LCD are we talking about? Is it a graphics LCD or is it a Character LCD?
What controller chip is the LCD based on?
Ben that's it. I copied the 0xf wrong to the pattern the first time through.
You're right I should have written 0x1f when I was talking about the cross (goofed again I was getting tired).
It's a 20x4: Standard LCD 20x4 + extras [white on blue] : ID 198 : $17.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
Thanks
Let's try to get some more information here.
What kind of LCD are we talking about? Is it a graphics LCD or is it a Character LCD?
What controller chip is the LCD based on?
I believe that he is talking about a Character LCD using an HD44780 or equivalent chip.
It looks like he wants to generate one or more of the 8 special characters that you can create for any standard Character type LCD.
Don
Problem solved. See above post
Thanks
Now if I could just figure out how to post the gaphic to the Forum. I looked in "help" but don't understand how to do it. It mentions something about clicking the BROWSE button, but I don't see one. Also it is a bmp, but when I saved it as a jpg it was blurry.
Take a picture. Upload it to a photo sharing site like image shack or Picasa. Then you can get a link to the image from that site. Then post it between the image tags.
I'm not paying to join image shack nor do I want to open acct. with google.
Don't know why you can't just insert an image into post.
You dont have to pay for imageshack.
Not even register.
I quote from their homepage:
Welcome to ImageShack.
No registration required. Free to use and enjoy.
Ok let's see if this works
~~http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3122/charmap.png~~
Sorry it's small. Best if opened in viewer and magnified
New Link for larger image in later post
The photo appeared, but it was very small, and there was some random text seeming to be some kind of url tag.
So, something isn't quite right.
Whoa, nvm, now there is a link to the photo. It changed after I put the original reply.
I didn't see any URL tag. I copied to paint and them magnified image. Maybe I'll work on a larger version if anyone is interested.
Don't know why you can't just insert an image into post.
Have you paid your bill this month to use the forum, and the servers that support the forum (and store all the text)?
Somebody has to. Servers, and storage space, is not free.
If you're not paying, quit complaining.
Okay this should be a larger image
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5058/charmap1.png
If you copy into paint you can use th spare pane to experiment
Thanks for the info on ImageShack.
Even without registering images stay for a full yr before deleting - unless someone accesses them during that time, then they say longer.
"NOW" I can photo schematics and stuff.
Ken H>
Image shack has removed the image. Oh well.
The forum doesn't have room to store people pictures. The picture has to be stored somewhere and hosted. Otherwise ti won't show in the forum. So you have to use some sort of image hosting site.
Site registration is a small thing. Having a google account is very handy. Gmail can be handy to have as a default email for signing up to sites. That way it sits there and just collects your junk mail you don't want on your main account. Picasa is a great way to host images for private sharing with friends and family or public sharing to forums like this. The software is also great for editing and sorting out all your pictures on your PC. Heck if you need an easy to use CAD like program then Sketchup is a great, yet limited, tool. Besides as an image host Picasa is more reliable then most others.