How to print non-Roman characters to LCD

Sophi · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 64

Does CCS support Chinese (or other) characters? When I copy and paste my characters from Word I get "????".
And if there is a method to get a LCD to print in Chinese, what is it? I'm using NJStar software (but would try something else) to get the characters.
Thanks-
Sophi

newguy · Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 1903

If you're talking about a normal Hitachi 44780 compliant character LCD, no there is no support for Chinese characters. There are some Japanese characters built in to its character generator ROM, however.

It's possible to create your own characters on the Hitachi compliant LCDs, but only 8 custom characters may be displayed at any one time. This probably won't work for you.

The ugly answer (ugly because it involves the most work) is to get a graphical LCD, and draw/create each character you need.

treitmey · Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 1094 Location: Appleton,WI USA

I would think you could also find a Hitachi 44780 "type" of LCD that has all the Chinese char in its ROM.
Try goggle "Hitachi 44780 Chinese"
and try ST7920

Sophi · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 64

OK thanks!
I'll post when/if I'm successful
Smile

Sophi