I recently purchased an LCD Module for Arduino Uno here on Amazon.
The LCD screen successfully powers on and blinks based on my code but for some reason, it does not output any text.
Here’s my wire configuration:
[LCD] [Arduino]
GND ------- GND
VCC -------- 5V
SDA -------- Analog 4
SCL -------- Analog 5
I ran the I2C scanner sketch and found that my screen’s address is 0x3F so I made the necessary changes to the code I found here, as follows:
#define I2C_ADDR 0x3F
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x3F, 2, 1, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, POSITIVE);
Here is the code I uploaded to the screen:
#include <Wire.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
#define I2C_ADDR 0x3F
/*-----( Declare Constants )-----*/
/*-----( Declare objects )-----*/
// set the LCD address to 0x27 for a 16 chars 2 line display
// A FEW use address 0x3F
// Set the pins on the I2C chip used for LCD connections:
// addr, en,rw,rs,d4,d5,d6,d7,bl,blpol
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x3F, 2, 1, 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, POSITIVE); // Set the LCD I2C address
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600); // Used to type in characters
lcd.begin(16,2); // initialize the lcd for 16 chars 2 lines, turn on backlight
// ------- Quick 3 blinks of backlight -------------
for(int i = 0; i< 3; i++)
{
lcd.backlight();
delay(250);
lcd.noBacklight();
delay(250);
}
lcd.backlight(); // finish with backlight on
//-------- Write characters on the display ------------------
// NOTE: Cursor Position: (CHAR, LINE) start at 0
lcd.setCursor(0,0); //Start at character 4 on line 0
lcd.print("Hello, world!");
delay(1000);
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print("HI!YourDuino.com");
delay(8000);
// Wait and then tell user they can start the Serial Monitor and type in characters to
// Display. (Set Serial Monitor option to "No Line Ending")
lcd.clear();
lcd.setCursor(0,0); //Start at character 0 on line 0
lcd.print("Use Serial Mon");
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print("Type to display");
}
void loop()
{
{
// when characters arrive over the serial port...
if (Serial.available()) {
// wait a bit for the entire message to arrive
delay(100);
// clear the screen
lcd.clear();
// read all the available characters
while (Serial.available() > 0) {
// display each character to the LCD
lcd.write(Serial.read());
}
}
}
}
Btw, I am using an official Arduino Uno R3 and downloaded the NewliquidCrystal library from here. There are no other conflicting LCD libraries in my libraries folder.
Thoughts?