Flashing an LCD

[adumas]

Hi... I would like to flash/blink certain portions of text on my parallel 2x16 LCD display.

On the second line of my display, the first 10 characters need to blink.

How do I do that?

I understand about putting the LCD into command and data modes. And I thought that I would need to write out the data and then submit the command to do a cursor blink (e.g., $0F and to turn it off $0C...

I just can't get it to work...

Any snippet of code I could look at?

Would appreciate it...

 

[hippy]

Assuming this is a standard LCD (HD44780) it won't support flashing characters. The best way to do flashing is to overwrite what's there with spaces, then rewrite the original text later.

 

[cpedw]

Using the AXE033 LCD, you can achieve a pseudo-flashing display with the codes
254,8 (Hide Display)
254,12 (Restore Display)
in serial mode or similar in I2C. These switch the entire 16x2 display on and off.

Derek