LCD interfacing with ATMEGA2561

Sabina Batyrkhanovna
LCD 16×2 (LM016L)

In LCD there are two important registers

• Instruction command register
• Data register
• When RS = 0 → instruction command register
• When RS = 1 → data register
VSS, VEE – for power supply
VDD – for ground
When RW = 0 → write information to LCD
RS – Register Select
When RW = 1 → read information from LCD
RW – Read/Write
E – Enable
D0 - D7 – data/command pins
Code (HEX) Command to LCD instruction register

0x01 Clear display screen

0x10 Shift cursor position to left

0x14 Shift cursor position to right

0x0E Display ON, cursor blinking

0x80 Put cursor to the beginning of the the 1st line

0xC0 Put cursor to the beginning of the 2nd line

0x90 Put cursor to the beginning of the 3rd line

0xD0 Put cursor to the beginning of the 4th line

0x38 Enable lines

Sending commands and data to LCD
• Initialize the LCD
• Enable LCD lines (0x38)
• Turn display on and cursor blinking (0x0E)
• Sending commands
• Make RS = 0 (select instruction command register)
• Send signal to E (enable)
• Place command on D0 – D7
• Wait for about 1 ms to let the LCD module run that command
• Sending data
• Make RS = 1 (select data register)
• Send signal to E (enable)
• Place data on D0 – D7
• Wait for about 1 ms let the LCD module to write that data on the LCD screen
Diagram of 4x16 LCD which shows address of each pixel box