.. to use this LCD module with a dedicated 8-pin PICmicro and consider it as an intelligent display. Figure 1. A low-cost one wire driven LCD module for external pin-limited system. The following design will be useful for any external ...
.. (EN, WR, RS), two for power supply (Vdd, Vss), and one for contrast (Vre). Configured in 8-bit mode, it requires at least 10 I/O lines (D0..D7, EN, RS). Configured in 4-bit mode, it requires at least six I/O lines (D4..D7, EN, RS). This last ...
.. 8-pin PICmicros have one pin as an input-only pin. Many solutions for expanding I/O pins have been described in EDN Design Ideas (references 1 to 3). In a pin-limited external embedded system, if an additionnal LCD display becomes ...