LCD only shows on Left half

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Try to run it as 8x4 to check if something will show up in the right half.

I have a few displays with the 16x1 layout, that must be programmed as 8x2 to work.

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LCD Addressing

16x1 LCD not working as expected?

Got a new 16x1 LCD in today but it's not working as I expected. When I print a string to it that is longer than 8 but not longer than 16 characters, only 8 characters are printed. I did some testing to verify wiring is correct and used a 16x2 LCD I had around. Video of it in action [BAD LCD] If I printed a string of 9 to 16 characters to 16x2, all are on one line but if I printed one string to 16x1 display, only the first 8 are printed. The test I did shows the other 8 are working …