LCD Interfacing with 8051 Microcontroller

Introduction:
• LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display
• LCD is an output display device widely used in embedded systems
Types of LCD :
Alpha-Numeric LCD (Alphabets & Numeric values)
Graphical LCD (For Images)
Formats Available in Alpha-Numeric LCD
16*2 LCD = 32 Blocks
32*2 LCD = 64 Blocks
16*4 LCD = 64 Blocks
32*4 LCD = 128 Blocks
LCD Types:
Block diagram of 16×2 LCD:

•CGROM – character generating ROM which is responsible for stored standard character pattern.

•CGRAM – character generating RAM which holds custom character pattern space ( total 8 in 2×16 module).
•DDRAM – data display RAM which stores ASCII codes
Interfacing 8051 with LCD: