Hi folks,
 Quick question (maybe).
 I'm trying to drop in a surplus replacement LCD display (1x16 hd44780
controller) into an existing PIC project, and I'm having a problem.
 The original display (a densitron lm2015) works fine, but the new display
(noname, but suposedly supertwist) only displays the first 8 characters.
They both have a hd44780 controller, but I notice that the densitron also
has an additional OKI row driver.
 Will the hd44780 drive 16 character without an additional row driver? Or
did I some how wind up with some crippled 8 character displays (never heard
of it before). I'm guessing it might have something to do with the duty
cycle, but I don't want to touch the working source code and have burn new
chips.
 I can't find any references to this problem in any of the numerous online
LCD FAQs.

Thanks in Advance.


PS&FWIW the new displays seem to have a six o'clock viewing angle :-)

carl

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