Q: Do you have some examples in assembly/C , preferably C , for how to drive the Serial LCD. I could only find a BasicStamp example.

A: Unfortunately for everyone else I break out in a rash when I have to work with C. I use assembly and java for developing for the PICMICROS. However via the MPLAB plugin you can work with C ( once we can figure out how to get it going for everybody ) or any other language for that matter. However if you are will to work with assembly you can use the UARTEcho example as a starting point for getting something going with the SerialLCD. The UARTEcho example is available for most of the PICMICROS in the examples section.

Here is a quick ( 1min30sec ) screenshot video example example of using the UARTEcho with the SerialLCD

• The UARTEcho uses the SerialEthernet Bridge component but it is often easier to use the MiniTerminal so in the following screenshot video I replace the SerialEthernet Bridge with the MiniTerminal
• Add a SerialLCD and wire it up to the TX pin of the PIC
• I make sure all the baud rates are set to 9600 which is what the assembly in UARTEcho is using and start the simulation.
• Run the PICMicro from the simulation
• Click onto the MinTerminal Green Pane and start typing Hello World

• The MiniTerminal sends the string to the PIC which echos it and displays it in the MiniTerminal output pane and also the SerialLCD

Q: What are the features of the SerialLCD - is it modelled after any commercial part?

A: No - but we will be selling a SerialLCD that does support the feature set soon along with the muvium java source code of the (real) serial LCD.

You can also study the source code of the (virtual) LCD, SerialLCD.java , component to see which commands are supported.

The following list are the ASCII of the special commands