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Questions tagged [display]

A visual output device typically capable of displaying text and/or graphics. Can include various technologies, such as LCD (liquid-crystal display), OLED (organic light-emitting display), and EPD (electronic paper display).

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How to show the º character in a LCD?

I have a 16x2 LCD and I want to show a temperature: 23 ºC. But the º symbol is not properly shown. It shows a strange character instead of the º symbol .
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7 segment LEDs on wood face

I'm not sure this is right place for this question, but does anyone have any idea how a 7 segment display is projected or embedded in wood for products like this? Full product info at…
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How to use a common anode 7-segment, 4-digit display?

Please take this question as an example to (my own) answer below. I've got an 7 segment, 4 digit LED display, but I don't have any idea on how to wire it. I don't understand the difference between common anode/cathode, and I don't have 2 pins per…
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What design patterns can I use to handle user input and display updating?

I've used enough products with embedded microcontrollers and unresponsive UIs to know that it can make or break a product. Even a slight delay or lag between the button presses and the display updating, or button presses being ignored or double…
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RePaper 2.7" eInk Display with Arduino Due

I got a RePaper 2.7' eInk display that unfortunately doesn't support Arduino Mega because of its limited SRAM capacity (8k bytes). I am porting the library to Arduino Due because of its sufficient RAM capacity (96 KB in two banks: 64KB and 32KB). I…
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Save some arduino pins when driving a 4 digits 7 segments display

I built a simple clock using a 4 digits 7 segments LCD display. I display one digit at a time, switching on and off very quicky and cycling through digits. Everything is ok, but I used 8 + 4 = 12 arduino pins. I need 2 more pins for other features…
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ST7789 TFT display only shows a correct image while Arduino reset button is held down - Why?

I am trying to get the ST7789 TFT display to work with Arduino. I followed online guides for connections and am using the fast library fron github and included workbench ino (https://github.com/cbm80amiga/Arduino_ST7789_Fast). Problem: The program…
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Confused between SPI and I2C for SSD1306 OLED

I recently got myself an SSD1306 OLED display: I haven't been able to successfully wire it to an Arduino (Mega 2560) however. I have been reading up on I2C and SPI and checked some libraries from Adafruit and U8G2. However, I'm confused, since most…
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OLED display crashes when connecting USB

I got an 16x2 OLED Display (DEP 16201-Y , compatible to the HD44780 controller) for my Arduino Uno and I got it to work in 4-bit Mode, but just if the USB isn't connected and it is powered by a 9V power supply. So my routine is: Connect USB and…
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Image Breakdown

I've been trying to figure out a way to store an image on the Arduino, and I couldn't figure it out. What I've been trying to do with this image is the following: Test that the arduino has the image by displaying on a touchscreen (I have the…
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Adafruit OLED 7-pin display - Abbreviations

I can't remember for the life of me how exactly I set up this screen in previous models, partially because the references I'm using in my code have different names from the pins on the Adafruit display. My code identifies the following digital pins…
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Nextion Display not getting updated data

I am using an Arduino Mega to display the readings of 4 pots on a Nextion Display as well as store them on an SD Card with a time stamp. I keep getting: recvRetCommandFinished err on the serial monitor and the display does not update with time. I…
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Alternatives to Nextion display

I am wanting to have a display where I can design the GUI on a program and then somehow transfer it to the display. For the graphics I want to make, it would be really hard to manually write the code. I heard that the Nextion displays do this but…
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SSD1306 - Is there a way to scroll a certain number of pixels only?

For a hobby project, I am trying to make some sort of little game with an ATtiny85 and an SSD1306 OLED display, mostly to see how much I can do with the least hardware possible. Something like Captain Rectangle rescues the Circle Princess from the…
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Yet another display 16x2 not working with arduino

I found hundreds of questions about display not working with arduino. However, no matter how trivial this looks like I am having the same problem I cannot understand by reading the other posts. I have an Arduino micro connected to a display from the…
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