Ambient Light Sensor (FB-4)

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Buzzer Board (FB-6)

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Buzzer Board (FB-6)

Controlled by a digital output, this buzzer board emits a 2kHz tone at 85dB. A pass-though connector allows additional devices to access I/O channel lines.

Channel Tester (FB-1)

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DPDT Relay Board (FB-3)

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Serial LCD (FB-7)

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Serial LCD (FB-7)

This 16×2 serial LCD display plugs directly into an I/O channel and can be controlled from an ioBridge serial output widget or any other serial device.

Adjustable backlight and contrast

16×2 characters

Scrolling messages up to 100 characters

Configurable backlight timer

Built in vertical and horizontal gauge

Control LCD by ioBridge widgets, javascript, or serial devices

Connections

+5VDC
GND
Data

Connect data line to a serial output at 9600 Baud 8-N-1 (8 data bits, No parity bit, and 1 stop bit)

The Serial LCD supports RS-232 serial connections from the Serial Out of the IO-204, the Serial Transmit of the Serial Smart Board, and microcontroller hardware and software serial outputs (Arduino, BasicStamp, Rabbit, etc.).

Displaying Text

Send ASCII text straight to the LCD. Text displays in the order it's received from the cursor position.

Commands

All commands start with the BYTE 0xFE / 254 / %FE (URL Encoded). Commands reference in brackets ”[]” indicate options and not sent with the command. Commands may also be grouped together, which means you can set the backlight, move the cursor, and write text all in one command.

Send byte 1 0xFE, then

Byte2	Byte3…	Controls
'B'	X	brightness X='0'-'9'
'C'		clear
'G'	RLLHHX	horizontal bar on row with labels R='0'-'1' LL=“Lo” HH=“Hi” X='a'-'k'
'H'		home
'J'		cursor on
'K'		cursor off
'L'	RRCC	move RR=“01”-“02” CC=“01”-“16”
'P'		cursor blinking
'Q'		cursor steady
'S'	RS…*	scrolling message on row at speed R='0'-'1' S='0'-'9' …=message *=0xFE
'T'	XD	delayed brightness X='0'-'9', D=0-59
'V'	X	vertical bar X='0'-'8'
'Z'		reset

Control Backlight

The brightness of the LCD backlight can adjusted.

%FEB[0-9]

Brightness Options [0-9]

9 - Brightest
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 - Very Dim
0 - Off

Example Command: %FEB0

This command would turn the LCD backlight completely off.

Delay Backlight

You can also delay the control of the LCD backlight brightness up to 60 seconds after command is issued.

%FET[0-9]%[01-60]

Time Options [01-60]

Send a number between 01 to 60 control the delay. “01” represents 1 second and the maximum is “60” seconds. (Hexadecimal.)

Example Command: %FET1%30

This command would turn the LCD backlight to “1” (dim) after 48 seconds.

Clear Screen

To clear all of the text on screen issue the following command:

%FEC

Clear All

To clear the screen, scrolling messages, and buffers returning the LCD to its first powered on state, issue the following command:

%FEZ

Move Cursor Home

To move the cursor to the home position, issue the following command:

%FEH

Move Cursor

You can move the cursor around the screen and start from any position.

%FEL[01-02][01-16]

Row Options [01-02]

Select a row number from 01 to 02 (top to bottom)

Column Options [01-16]

Select a column from 01 to 16 (left to right)

Example Command: %FEL0201

This command would move the cursor to the second line (row) in the first position (column).

Display Cursor

The cursor can be shown or hidden by issuing the following commands:

%FE[J-K]

Display Options [J-K]

“J” turns on the cursor and “K” turns off the cursor.

Display Blinking Cursor

If you want the cursor to blink or stop blinking, issue the following commands:

%FE[P-Q]

Display Options [P-Q]

“P” starts the curso blinking and “Q” stops the blinking.

Scroll Messages

You can scroll two different messages - one on each line of the LCD. You can also set the speed at which the messages move across the screen. The message limit is 100 chacters.

%FES[1-2][0-9]____Up to 100 character message____%FE

Row Options [1-2]

Enter “1” to scroll a message on line 1 and “2” on line 2.

Speed Options [0-9]

Enter a speed between 0-9 with 0 being the slowest and 9 being the fastest.

Example Command: %FES16ioBridge.com%FE

This command will scroll “ioBridge.com” on line 1 of the LCD at a speed of 6.

Draw Horizontal Gauge

You can draw a horizontal bar graph / gauge on the LCD on either line of the LCD. You can set the extreme labels.

%FEG[1-2][AA-ZZ][AA-ZZ][a-k]

Row Options [1-2]

Enter “1” to place gauge on line 1 and “2” on line 2.

Left Label [AA-ZZ]

Enter a label to placed on the left of the gauge. The label can be any two digit letters from AA to ZZ.

Right Label [AA-ZZ]

Enter a label to placed on the right of the guage. The label can be any two digit letters from AA to ZZ.

Length Options [a-k]

Select a letter between “a” and “k” to control how much of the gauge is filled in from left to right, with “a” being empty and “k” being full.

Example Command: %FEG1LOHId

This command would place the horizontal gauge on line 1 of the LCD, with “LO” on the left, “HI” on the right, and 3 positions filled in the gauge.

Draw Vertical Gauge

You can also draw a vertical gauge from the position of the cursor. This fills in a block from the bottom to the top.

%FEV[0-8]

Fill Options [0-8]

From the bottom (0) to the top (8) you can fill in the space.

Example Command: %FEV5

This command will draw a vertical gauge from the last place the cursor was located with 5 steps filled in.

Character Set

Here is a chart of the entire character set support by the Serial LCD. To send a special character like the right-arrow, locate the character in the chart. Send ”%” followed by the colmun HEX digital followed by the row HEX digit.

%7E

Arduino Library

Visit the Arduino Playground to get the Arduino Demo and Function Library for the ioBridge Serial LCD.

ioBridge Wiki function-boards

Ambient Light Sensor (FB-4)

Buzzer Board (FB-6)

Buzzer Board (FB-6)

Resources

Channel Tester (FB-1)

DPDT Relay Board (FB-3)

Serial LCD (FB-7)

Serial LCD (FB-7)

Connections

Serial Support

Displaying Text

Commands

Control Backlight

Delay Backlight

Clear Screen

Clear All

Move Cursor Home

Move Cursor

Display Cursor

Display Blinking Cursor

Scroll Messages

Draw Horizontal Gauge

Draw Vertical Gauge

Character Set

Arduino Library

Resources

Temperature Probe (FB-2)

Terminal Board (FB-5)