#!/usr/bin/python #-------------------------------------- # ___ ___ _ ____ # / _ \/ _ \(_) __/__ __ __ # / , _/ ___/ /\ \/ _ \/ // / # /_/|_/_/ /_/___/ .__/\_, / # /_/ /___/ # # lcd_i2c.py # LCD test script using I2C backpack. # Supports 16x2 and 20x4 screens. # # Author : Matt Hawkins # Date : 20/09/2015 # # http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/ # # Copyright 2015 Matt Hawkins # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # #-------------------------------------- import smbus import time from socket import * host = '10.0.0.41' port = 12000 clientSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM) # Define some device parameters I2C_ADDR = 0x27 # I2C device address LCD_WIDTH = 20 # Maximum characters per line # Define some device constants LCD_CHR = 1 # Mode - Sending data LCD_CMD = 0 # Mode - Sending command LCD_LINE_1 = 0x80 # LCD RAM address for the 1st line LCD_LINE_2 = 0xC0 # LCD RAM address for the 2nd line LCD_LINE_3 = 0x94 # LCD RAM address for the 3rd line LCD_LINE_4 = 0xD4 # LCD RAM address for the 4th line LCD_BACKLIGHT = 0x08 # On #LCD_BACKLIGHT = 0x00 # Off ENABLE = 0b00000100 # Enable bit # Timing constants E_PULSE = 0.0005 E_DELAY = 0.0005 #Open I2C interface #bus = smbus.SMBus(0) # Rev 1 Pi uses 0 bus = smbus.SMBus(1) # Rev 2 Pi uses 1 def lcd_init(): # Initialise display lcd_byte(0x33,LCD_CMD) # 110011 Initialise lcd_byte(0x32,LCD_CMD) # 110010 Initialise lcd_byte(0x06,LCD_CMD) # 000110 Cursor move direction lcd_byte(0x0C,LCD_CMD) # 001100 Display On,Cursor Off, Blink Off lcd_byte(0x28,LCD_CMD) # 101000 Data length, number of lines, font size lcd_byte(0x01,LCD_CMD) # 000001 Clear display time.sleep(E_DELAY) def lcd_byte(bits, mode): # Send byte to data pins # bits = the data # mode = 1 for data # 0 for command bits_high = mode | (bits & 0xF0) | LCD_BACKLIGHT bits_low = mode | ((bits<<4) & 0xF0) | LCD_BACKLIGHT # High bits bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR, bits_high) lcd_toggle_enable(bits_high) # Low bits bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR, bits_low) lcd_toggle_enable(bits_low) def lcd_toggle_enable(bits): # Toggle enable time.sleep(E_DELAY) bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR, (bits | ENABLE)) time.sleep(E_PULSE) bus.write_byte(I2C_ADDR,(bits & ~ENABLE)) time.sleep(E_DELAY) def lcd_string(message,line): # Send string to display message = message.ljust(LCD_WIDTH," ") lcd_byte(line, LCD_CMD) for i in range(LCD_WIDTH): lcd_byte(ord(message[i]),LCD_CHR) def callApollo(): clientSocket.sendto('i2c', (host, port)) clientSocket.settimeout(5.0) message, address = clientSocket.recvfrom(1024) message = message.split('$') message.reverse() return message def main(): # Main program block # Initialise display lcd_init() while True: # Send some test message = callApollo() lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_1) lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_2) lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_3) lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_4) time.sleep(9) lcd_string('', LCD_LINE_1) lcd_string('', LCD_LINE_2) lcd_string('', LCD_LINE_3) lcd_string('', LCD_LINE_4) try: lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_1) lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_2) lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_3) lcd_string(message.pop(), LCD_LINE_4) except: pass time.sleep(9) # Send some more text lcd_string("PU 27/05 Eksamen",LCD_LINE_1) lcd_string("MMI 01/06 Eksamen",LCD_LINE_2) lcd_string("DB 04/06 Eksamen", LCD_LINE_3) lcd_string("KTN 08/06 Eksamen",LCD_LINE_4) time.sleep(9) if __name__ == '__main__': try: main() except KeyboardInterrupt: pass finally: lcd_byte(0x01, LCD_CMD)