Entry, Mode set, Clear display – Xilinx MIcroblaze Development Spartan-3E 1600E User Manual

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MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide

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UG257 (v1.1) December 5, 2007

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LCD Controller

R

Disabled

If the LCD_E enable signal is Low, all other inputs to the LCD are ignored.

Clear Display

Clear the display and return the cursor to the home position, the top-left corner.
This command writes a blank space (ASCII/ANSI character code 0x20) into all DD RAM

addresses. The address counter is reset to 0, location 0x00 in DD RAM. Clears all option

settings. The I/D control bit is set to 1 (increment address counter mode) in the

Entry Mode

Set

command.

Execution Time: 82 Ps – 1.64 ms

Return Cursor Home

Return the cursor to the home position, the top-left corner. DD RAM contents are

unaffected. Also returns the display being shifted to the original position, shown in

Figure 5-3

.

The address counter is reset to 0, location 0x00 in DD RAM. The display is returned to its

original status if it was shifted. The cursor or blink move to the top-left character location.
Execution Time: 40 Ps – 1.6 ms

Entry Mode Set

Sets the cursor move direction and specifies whether or not to shift the display.
These operations are performed during data reads and writes.
Execution Time: 40 Ps

Bit DB1: (I/D) Increment/Decrement

Set CG RAM Address

0

0

0

1

A5

A4

A3

A2

A1

A0

Set DD RAM Address

0

0

1

A6

A5

A4

A3

A2

A1

A0

Read Busy Flag and
Address

0

1

BF

A6

A5

A4

A3

A2

A1

A0

Write Data to CG RAM or
DD RAM

1

0

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Read Data from CG RAM
or DD RAM

1

1

D7

D6

D5

D4

D3

D2

D1

D0

Table 5-3:

LCD Character Display Command Set (Continued)

Function

LC

D_RS

LCD_R

W

Upper Nibble

Lower Nibble

DB7

DB6

DB5

DB4

DB3

DB2

DB1

DB0

0

Auto-decrement address counter. Cursor/blink moves to left.

1

Auto-increment address counter. Cursor/blink moves to right.

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