Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Hugo Villeneuve <> | Date | Thu, 6 Jul 2023 14:50:59 -0400 | Subject | [PATCH] auxdisplay: hd44780: move cursor home after clear display command |
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From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>
The "clear display" command on the NewHaven NHD-0220DZW-AG5 display does NOT change the DDRAM address to 00h (home position) like the standard Hitachi HD44780 controller. As a consequence, the starting position of the initial string LCD_INIT_TEXT is not guaranteed to be at 0,0 depending on where the cursor was before the clear display command.
Extract of CLEAR_DISPLAY command from datasheets of:
Hitachi HD44780: ... It then sets DDRAM address 0 into the address counter...
NewHaven NHD-0220DZW-AG5 datasheet: ... This instruction does not change the DDRAM Address
Move the cursor home after sending clear display command to support non-standard LCDs.
Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com> --- drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c index 3934c2eebf33..70c818945a74 100644 --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780_common.c @@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ int hd44780_common_clear_display(struct charlcd *lcd) hdc->write_cmd(hdc, LCD_CMD_DISPLAY_CLEAR); /* datasheet says to wait 1,64 milliseconds */ long_sleep(2); - return 0; + + /* + * Some LCDs (ex: NewHaven) do not reset the DDRAM address when + * executing the CLEAR_DISPLAY command. Explicitely move cursor + * to home position to account for these non-standard LCDs: + */ + return hd44780_common_home(lcd); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hd44780_common_clear_display); base-commit: c17414a273b81fe4e34e11d69fc30cc8b1431614 -- 2.30.2
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