Hello fellow tinkerers!
I am new here and i have tried to read the posts here, I figure i am not the only one with this problem and it seems everyone have different setups and chip versions and what not so i decided to make this post anyway.
I have googled alot and i still need help with my Sparkfun Serial Enabled LCD.
I Have just gotten my Arduino Starter Kit and it’s all good and I have gone trough some projects.
The chip on my Arduino UNO R3 is atMEGA328P-PU.
I ordered the 16x2 serial lcd because it seemed simple to use but instead they sent me a much better one (either by mistake or they are just really cool! (robonor.no) The LCD i got was (i think) https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9351?
But it has a red circuit board, not green.
I hooked it up and for a second or so the LCD displays the Sparkfun icon for a second, then it clears. Backlight is on. I assume this works ?
This is not a shameless blog plug but if you scroll down a bit you can see a picture. http://professorfalkenherald.blogspot.n … oject.html
Most people say this one needs a firmware upgrade so i have installed the Atmel Studio 4.18sp3 and the AVR toolchain.
I have downloaded SerialGLCD2.0
It contains c++ files but it seems the studio only takes c files ?
I am thinking the process is to compile SerialGLCD20, obtain some form of hex file that i flash the LCD with ?
I cannot really tell where i should go from here. Please give me some directions!
Regards
KirkHamster