PCD8544 Driver for Nokia 3310/5510

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Overclocked
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PCD8544 Driver for Nokia 3310/5510

Post by Overclocked » Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:23 pm

Hello everyone. I was in need of a small LCD display for a project, and I noticed no driver was written for this LCD. I Read the datasheet and took a few notes from quite a few sources. The driver is mostly complete, but I need some help finishing. You can get these LCD's for quite cheap on ebay and sparkfun.

Sources:
http://playground.arduino.cc/Code/PCD8544
http://www.circuitvalley.com/2011/08/no ... -with.html
http://www.botskool.com/tutorials/elect ... ic-18f2520

The first link has this code:

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void LcdString(char *characters)
{
  while (*characters)
  {
    LcdCharacter(*characters++);
  }
}
But Im not sure how to write it in swordfish. I think it has something to do with arrays (my book on C says *characters is a pointer), so It increments the pointer characters for every iteration of the while loop (atleast thats my guess).

Here is my whole converted code. Its my first time writing a driver, and I dont have the hardware yet. Ive kept most things the same from the sources. I havent yet put in anything for the main loop yet and I double checked the datasheet to make sure Im initializing the display correctly. But once I do get it working, I hope everyone can use it!

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{
*****************************************************************************
*  Name    : PCD8544.bas                                                   *
*  Author  : Chris S                                                        *
*  Notice  : Copyright (c) 2015 Open Source                                 *
*          : All Rights Reserved                                            *
*  Date    : 8/23/2015                                                      *
*  Version : 1.0                                                            *
*  Notes   : Driver for Nokia 3310 and 5510                                 *
*          :                                               *
*****************************************************************************
}

Module PCD8544

#option SCE = PORTB.2        // Chip Select
#option Reset = PORTB.1        // RS pin
#option DC = PORTB.0        // Datacom
#option SDOUT = PORTC.5        // Data
#option SCLK = PORTE.3       // Clock

Include "system.bas" 

Include "SPI.bas"


Public Const
   GLCDWidth = 84,
   GLCDHeight = 48

Dim
   //SDOUT As SPI.WriteByte,  //used to be SPIWriteByte As SPI.WriteByte, I dont know why this works.  
   ChipEnable As SCE.SCE@, //When set high SPI is initialized
   RST As Reset.RESET@,
   Datacom As DC.DC@,  //Command =0, RAMdata = 1
   //SPIWriteByte As SDOUT.SDOUT@
   X As Byte,
   Y As Byte
   

Const
    Extendedmode = %00100001,
    LCDVOP = %10110001, // may need to experiment. Other sites show $C8
    TempCo = %00000100, //TempCo. Other codes show $06
    LCDBias = %00010100,
    SimpleMode = %00100000,
    NormalMode = %00001100
    

Const ASCIITable () As Char =    //There has to be a easier way. Cue infomercials. 
                (
                  $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,   // 20 space          
                  $00,$00,$5f,$00,$00,   // 21 !
                  $00,$07,$00,$07,$00,   // 22 "
                  $14,$7f,$14,$7f,$14,   // 23 #
                  $24,$2a,$7f,$2a,$12,   // 24 $
                  $23,$13,$08,$64,$62,   // 25 %
                  $36,$49,$55,$22,$50,   // 26 &
                  $00,$05,$03,$00,$00,   // 27 '
                  $00,$1c,$22,$41,$00,   // 28 (
                  $00,$41,$22,$1c,$00,   // 29 )
                  $14,$08,$3e,$08,$14,   // 2a *
                  $08,$08,$3e,$08,$08,   // 2b +
                  $00,$50,$30,$00,$00,   // 2c ,
                  $08,$08,$08,$08,$08,   // 2d -
                  $00,$60,$60,$00,$00,   // 2e .
                  $20,$10,$08,$04,$02,   // 2f /
                  $3e,$51,$49,$45,$3e,   // 30 0
                  $00,$42,$7f,$40,$00,   // 31 1
                  $42,$61,$51,$49,$46,   // 32 2
                  $21,$41,$45,$4b,$31,   // 33 3
                  $18,$14,$12,$7f,$10,   // 34 4
                  $27,$45,$45,$45,$39,   // 35 5
                  $3c,$4a,$49,$49,$30,   // 36 6
                  $01,$71,$09,$05,$03,   // 37 7
                  $36,$49,$49,$49,$36,   // 38 8
                  $06,$49,$49,$29,$1e,   // 39 9
                  $00,$36,$36,$00,$00,   // 3a :
                  $00,$56,$36,$00,$00,   // 3b ;
                  $08,$14,$22,$41,$00,   // 3c <
                  $14,$14,$14,$14,$14,   // 3d =
                  $00,$41,$22,$14,$08,   // 3e >
                  $02,$01,$51,$09,$06,   // 3f ?
                  $32,$49,$79,$41,$3e,   // 40 @
                  $7e,$11,$11,$11,$7e,   // 41 A
                  $7f,$49,$49,$49,$36,   // 42 B
                  $3e,$41,$41,$41,$22,   // 43 C
                  $7f,$41,$41,$22,$1c,   // 44 D
                  $7f,$49,$49,$49,$41,   // 45 E
                  $7f,$09,$09,$09,$01,   // 46 F
                  $3e,$41,$49,$49,$7a,   // 47 G
                  $7f,$08,$08,$08,$7f,   // 48 H
                  $00,$41,$7f,$41,$00,   // 49 I
                  $20,$40,$41,$3f,$01,   // 4a J
                  $7f,$08,$14,$22,$41,   // 4b K
                  $7f,$40,$40,$40,$40,   // 4c L
                  $7f,$02,$0c,$02,$7f,   // 4d M
                  $7f,$04,$08,$10,$7f,   // 4e N
                  $3e,$41,$41,$41,$3e,    // 4f O                              
                  $7f,$09,$09,$09,$06,   // 50 P
                  $3e,$41,$51,$21,$5e,   // 51 Q
                  $7f,$09,$19,$29,$46,   // 52 R
                  $46,$49,$49,$49,$31,   // 53 S
                  $01,$01,$7f,$01,$01,   // 54 T
                  $3f,$40,$40,$40,$3f,   // 55 U
                  $1f,$20,$40,$20,$1f,   // 56 V
                  $3f,$40,$38,$40,$3f,   // 57 W
                  $63,$14,$08,$14,$63,   // 58 %
                  $07,$08,$70,$08,$07,   // 59 Y
                  $61,$51,$49,$45,$43,   // 5a Z
                  $00,$7f,$41,$41,$00,   // 5b [
                  $02,$04,$08,$10,$20,   // 5c
                  $00,$41,$41,$7f,$00,   // 5d
                  $04,$02,$01,$02,$04,   // 5e
                  $40,$40,$40,$40,$40,   // 5f
                  $00,$01,$02,$04,$00,   // 60
                  $20,$54,$54,$54,$78,   // 61 a
                  $7f,$48,$44,$44,$38,   // 62 b
                  $38,$44,$44,$44,$20,   // 63 c
                  $38,$44,$44,$48,$7f,   // 64 d
                  $38,$54,$54,$54,$18,   // 65 e
                  $08,$7e,$09,$01,$02,   // 66 f
                  $0c,$52,$52,$52,$3e,   // 67 g
                  $7f,$08,$04,$04,$78,   // 68 h
                  $00,$44,$7d,$40,$00,   // 69 i
                  $20,$40,$44,$3d,$00,   // 6a j
                  $7f,$10,$28,$44,$00,   // 6b k
                  $00,$41,$7f,$40,$00,   // 6c l
                  $7c,$04,$18,$04,$78,   // 6d m
                  $7c,$08,$04,$04,$78,   // 6e n
                  $38,$44,$44,$44,$38,   // 6f o
                  $7c,$14,$14,$14,$08,   // 70 p
                  $08,$14,$14,$18,$7c,   // 71 q
                  $7c,$08,$04,$04,$08,   // 72 r
                  $48,$54,$54,$54,$20,   // 73 s
                  $04,$3f,$44,$40,$20,   // 74 t
                  $3c,$40,$40,$20,$7c,   // 75 u
                  $1c,$20,$40,$20,$1c,   // 76 v
                  $3c,$40,$30,$40,$3c,   // 77 w
                  $44,$28,$10,$28,$44,   // 78 %
                  $0c,$50,$50,$50,$3c,   // 79 y
                  $44,$64,$54,$4c,$44,   // 7a z
                  $00,$08,$36,$41,$00,   // 7b
                  $00,$00,$7f,$00,$00,   // 7c
                  $00,$41,$36,$08,$00,   // 7d
                  $10,$08,$08,$10,$08,   // 7e
                  $78,$46,$41,$46,$78   // 7f
 
                 )
                 
                 
Sub SDOUT (Mydata As Byte)
    ChipEnable = 0
    Mydata = SSPBUF
    ChipEnable = 1
End Sub                 

Sub Clear_LCD () //Writes 0's all across the screen
   Dim i As Integer
   ChipEnable = 0
   Datacom = 1
      For i= 0 To 504  //(84*48)/8. The width and height in pixels multiplied and divided by 8
      SDOUT($00)
      Next

End Sub 

Sub Black_LCD () //Make the LCD Black 
    Dim i As Integer
   ChipEnable = 0
   Datacom = 1
      For i= 0 To 504  //(84*48)/8. The width and height in pixels multiplied and divided by 8
      SDOUT($FF)
      Next 

End Sub


Sub MoveCursor ()  //I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT, YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT.
    Datacom = 0
    Y=Y Or $40       //Row
    SDOUT(Y)
    X=(X*6) Or $80   //Column
    SDOUT (X)
    Datacom = 1   

End Sub

Sub LCDString (Chars As Char)

    While //Something to do with arrays here
        LCDCharacter

End Sub


//Serial stream has to consist of the following: Extended mode (H=1), Bias, SetVop, and temp control
// with H=0, it can be Display Control, followed by Y and X Address (set at 0 upon power up)


Sub LCDinit ()
    RST = 0   //Reset the LCD since the registers are undefined.
    RST = 1   //
    ChipEnable = 0 //Start accepting commands
    Datacom = 0  //Command Mode
    SDOUT(Extendedmode) //Put chip into extended mode
    SDOUT(LCDVOP) // may need to experiment. Other sites show $C8
    SDOUT(TempCo) //TempCo. Other codes show $06
    SDOUT(LCDBias) //LCD bias 
    SDOUT(SimpleMode) //Basic Mode 
    SDOUT(NormalMode) //Normal Mode
    Clear_LCD()
    Black_LCD() 

End Sub


SetAsMaster (spiOscDiv4)
LCDinit()
While True //main loop



Wend



Jerry Messina
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Re: PCD8544 Driver for Nokia 3310/5510

Post by Jerry Messina » Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:51 am

The intent of the LCDString() routine is to display a string of characters. Strings in Swordfish are represented the same way they are in C... as arrays of char with a null (zero) byte at the end.

This would be similar to the original C routine (without directly using pointers)

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Sub LCDString (Str as string)
    Dim Index as byte
    
    Index = 0
    While (Str(Index) <> char(0))
        LcdCharacter(Str(Index))
        Index = Index + 1
    End While
End Sub
That would let you do things like

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dim s as string
const msg = "this is a const string"

s = "test string"
LCDString(s)

LCDString("this is a test")

LCDString(msg)
I'd suggest you take another look at the code in the original arduino link and compare it to yours. There are a number of places where what you're doing will have issues. Also, take a look at some of the SF sample routines that use SPI (if that's what you intent to use).

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