Hi, sorry if this sounds simplistic or silly but I am a newbie (and the wrong side of 70) and just starting in this field. I am wondering if the 32 x 16 display panel can programmed to run in the vertical format. For example I would like to have the numeral 8 vertical and blinking. Why? I would like to make a kart racing pit board if possible. Thank you in advance. Chris
If it's the economy LCD text displays, the answer is no.
I have seen web pages for making custom characters for 2- or 4-line LCD displays.
https://omerk.github.io/lcdchargen/
So I guess it's possible with a lot of coding.
Leo..
Wawa:
I have seen web pages for making custom characters for 2- or 4-line LCD displays.
There are (normally) ony 8 definable characters, I don't think that will be enough.
Post a link to the display you have in mind. I guess it must be quite large for this application.
Thank you all for the replies. Here is the display I was enquiring about. What would be the maximum number of LEDs in a one numeral display? (How high - wide?)
Cheers
That would work. The digits can be as big as you want. You could make one single digit as big as the display.
For a guide on how to magnify existing digits, have a look at the code inside the Adafruit libraries for their LCDs. They have a very simple method of adjusting the text size which could be adapted to this display if it's not already in the freetronics library.
Thank you MorganS. Will keep plugging away. Do you know if anyone has made a pit-board display before?
Cheers
Hi,
If you look at that page you linked to, there is a lot of documentation listed at the bottom.
Tom.... 