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1.8 KiB
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46 lines
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- HD44780 LCD SUPPORT -
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Support for the HD44780 LCD is via the wiringPi library available at
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http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/ which must be installed in all cases.
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The HD44780 in 4-bit mode is probably the most common connection method and
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wiring details can be found at http://wiringpi.com/dev-lib/lcd-library/
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To compile MMDVMHost with support for the HD44780 use the following commands.
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# cp Makefile.Pi.HD44780 Makefile
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# make clean
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# make
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Other HD44780 variations exist that connect via I2C. Support is also via
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wiringPi, but to compile for each I2C device requires a different Makefile
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depending on the IC attached to the LCD.
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- ADAFRUIT RGB LCD SHIELD -
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The Adafruit RGB LCD Shield is available from https://www.adafruit.com/product/714
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I2C is via the MCP23017 IC and is enabled with Makefile.Pi.Adafruit. The
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I2C device address in MMDVM.ini should be set to 0x20.
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- PCF8574 IC -
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HD44780 LCDs connected via a PCF8574 Remote 8-Bit I/O Expander are available on
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eBay for very little money! This IC uses Makefile.Pi.PCF8574 and the I2C
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device address should be set to 0x27.
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- BEWARE -
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The I2C device address can be manually configured on some devices!
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- CHECK YOUR ACTUAL DEVICE ADDRESS -
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More information on configuring and using I2C on the RPi including how to probe
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the I2C bus for device addresses can be found at
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https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi-spi-and-i2c-tutorial#i2c-on-pi
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- PWM BACKLIGHT CONTROL -
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Whilst connected in 4-bit mode or via the PCF8574 IC, the LED backlight can be
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wired for control via PWM. Connect the backlight +ve pin to any spare GPIO pin
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and configure MMDVM.ini as appropriate. By default, wiringPi pin 21 is
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configured.
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