Arduino LCD Library

Description:
PopTLCD is another Arduino library to drive LCD displays.  This library is a specially compiled version of the AVR LCD Driver for use on the Arduino digital pin banks. 

Features:

• Supports large LCD screens with multiple controllers
• Suppoorts writes and reads
• Supports large LCD screens that utilize split-buffer controllers (such as a 20 Char X 4 line LCD with a single controller addressed such that buffer 1 : supports line 1 and 3, buffer 2 supports line 2 and 4).
• High-clock support by making uses of a timer scaling (timer speeds are proportional to the F_CPU clock speed).
• Programmers may address any of the display types with a standardized write(Column,Row) style syntax.
• All configuration values required to support LCDs are stored in an external .h file so that customizations can be easily saved and reused.

Instructions

Note: Display data pins and Arduino data pins are 0-based, display data pins numbering from 0-7, with Arduino numbering from 0-13.

1. Extract the PopTLCD.zip to your Arduino library directory.  Example: C:\Program Files\arduino-0015\hardware\libraries\PopTLCD
2. Edit a settings file to suite the desired LCD display. 3 example settings files are created.  The recommendation is to create a seperate settings file for each display type to save the values for easy reuse.
3. Edit the popt_lcd_driver.cpp file to #include your custom settings file.
   
   Example: #include "EC4004A_settings.h"
    
4. Create a scketch that imports the library and your customized settings file:
   
   #include "popt_lcd_driver.h"
   #include "EC4004A_settings.h"
   
   See the attached sketch file for a complete example of importing and using the EC4004A LCD display.
    
5. Wire up your display as follows:

To use this library in 4 bit mode:

• Display data pin 4 to Digital pin 4
• Display data pin 5 to Digital pin 5
• Display data pin 6 to Digital pin 6
• Display data pin 7 to Digital pin 7
• Display E1 to Digital pin 8
• Display RW to Digital pin 9
• Display RS to Digital pin 10
• Display E2 to Digital pin 11 (if applicable)

Current Version: 0.6 Beta 3