I saw only millisecond delays in the spec sheet and in desperation
wrote delays loops several seconds long.nada
 I suppose I must have damaged something?
        Thanks  Tony M.
David Schmidt wrote:
>
> Be sure you are waiting the required amount of time between instruction
> writes to the display.
>
>   I had trouble at first writing to displays in 4 bit mode and got
> results like you see.  After I checked my code I found I wasn't quite
> waiting long enough between writes.  Doubling the delays (for overkill)
> worked!  I also found that the delays mentioned in spec sheets are only
> approximate.  Increase yours and see if it helps.
>
> Dave
>
> At 02:08 PM 12/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hello
> > I am having trouble initializing my 2x8 optrex lcd w/hd44780a
> >controller
> >in 4 bit mode.I have tried everything I could glean from the FAQ's but
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