Wiring:
I have a resistor on the +5V connection for the backlight to dim it a bit. This is the only thing I ever got on the LCD, completely blank, no bars or cursor.
Just used some GPIO pins (P8_7-10, P8_15, P8_18) to connect it.
I used this website to get my code from: http://www.thebrokendesk.com/post/writi ... black/#ref
I changed my pin declarations to this:
PINS = {'E':'P8_15', # pin 6 on LCD
'RS':'P8_18', # pin 4 on LCD
'DB7':'P8_10', # pin 14 on LCD
'DB6':'P8_9', # pin 13 on LCD
'DB5':'P8_8', # pin 12 on LCD
'DB4':'P8_7' # pin 11 on LCD
}
def initalizePins(pins):
GPIO.setup("P8_7", GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup("P8_8", GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup("P8_9", GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup("P8_10", GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup("P8_15", GPIO.OUT)
GPIO.setup("P8_18", GPIO.OUT)
Otherwise all the code I left untouched. I would prefer to get this working in python as I have working code for an IR receiver and an accelerometer already properly working. Any help would be appreciated, I've already spent way too much time trying to get this to work.
