/* LiquidCrystal Library - Custom Characters Demonstrates how to add custom characters on an LCD display. The LiquidCrystal library works with all LCD displays that are compatible with the Hitachi HD44780 driver. There are many of them out there, and you can usually tell them by the 16-pin interface. This sketch prints "I Arduino!" and a little dancing man to the LCD. The circuit: ================================= LCD pin Connect to --------------------------------- 01 - GND GND, pot 02 - VCC +5V, pot 03 - Contrast Pot wiper 04 - RS Pin8 (P2.0) 05 - R/W GND 06 - EN Pin9 (P2.1) 07 - DB0 GND 08 - DB1 GND 09 - DB2 GND 10 - DB3 GND 11 - DB4 Pin10 (P2.2) 12 - DB5 Pin11 (P2.3) 13 - DB6 Pin12 (P2.4) 14 - DB7 Pin13 (P2.5) 15 - BL+ +5V 16 - BL- GND ================================= created21 Mar 2011 by Tom Igoe Based on Adafruit's example at https://github.com/adafruit/SPI_VFD/blob/master/examples/createChar/createChar.pde This example code is in the public domain. http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal Also useful: http://icontexto.com/charactercreator/ */ // include the library code: #include // initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins LiquidCrystal lcd(P2_0, P2_1, P2_2, P2_3, P2_4, P2_5); // make some custom characters: byte heart[8] = { 0b00000, 0b01010, 0b11111, 0b11111, 0b11111, 0b01110, 0b00100, 0b00000 }; byte smiley[8] = { 0b00000, 0b00000, 0b01010, 0b00000, 0b00000, 0b10001, 0b01110, 0b00000 }; byte frownie[8] = { 0b00000, 0b00000, 0b01010, 0b00000, 0b00000, 0b00000, 0b01110, 0b10001 }; byte armsDown[8] = { 0b00100, 0b01010, 0b00100, 0b00100, 0b01110, 0b10101, 0b00100, 0b01010 }; byte armsUp[8] = { 0b00100, 0b01010, 0b00100, 0b10101, 0b01110, 0b00100, 0b00100, 0b01010 }; void setup() { // create a new character lcd.createChar(0, heart); // create a new character lcd.createChar(1, smiley); // create a new character lcd.createChar(2, frownie); // create a new character lcd.createChar(3, armsDown); // create a new character lcd.createChar(4, armsUp); // set up the lcd's number of columns and rows: lcd.begin(16, 2); // Print a message to the lcd. lcd.print("I "); lcd.write(0); lcd.print(" Arduino! "); lcd.write(1); } void loop() { // read the potentiometer on A0: int sensorReading = analogRead(A0); // map the result to 200 - 1000: int delayTime = map(sensorReading, 0, 1023, 200, 1000); // set the cursor to the bottom row, 5th position: lcd.setCursor(4, 1); // draw the little man, arms down: lcd.write(3); delay(delayTime); lcd.setCursor(4, 1); // draw him arms up: lcd.write(4); delay(delayTime); }