Create custom charactors on LCD Shield Kit w/ 16x2 Character Display

[Le-bo2d9]

Hi,

I bought the LCD Shield Kit w/ 16x2 Character Display shield.
Is it possible to display custom characters on the display?

Kind regards

Koen

[Le-bo2d9]

Hi,

I have found the solution.

Below you can find a small example

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#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_MCP23017.h>
#include <Adafruit_RGBLCDShield.h>

byte smiley[8] = {
  B00000,
  B10001,
  B00000,
  B00000,
  B10001,
  B01110,
  B00000,
};

Adafruit_RGBLCDShield lcd = Adafruit_RGBLCDShield();

// Pin definitions
const byte
  RTC_GND_PIN = A2,  //I use A2 for GND and A3 for VCC to power the I2C equipment
  RTC_VCC_PIN = A3;
 
 
void setup(){
  pinMode(RTC_GND_PIN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(RTC_VCC_PIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(RTC_GND_PIN,LOW);
  digitalWrite(RTC_VCC_PIN,HIGH);
   lcd.createChar(0, smiley);
  lcd.begin(16, 2); 
  lcd.write(0);
}

void loop() {}


Kind regards

Koen