John Payson wrote:

>
> You are very observent; most cheap 1-line displays are indeed wired
> like that, precisely to save the cost of adding another display
> driver chip.  The few single-line displays that aren't wired like
> that cost more (because of the extra chip) but have better visibil-
> ity (because of the 1/8 duty cycle).  Note that when operating such
> displays in single-line mode, the LCD drive voltage should be lower
> than for 2-line mode.
>
>

I have cleared up my initial problems with the 16x1 display, i still however hav
e a
problem with the contrast.  When in single line mode the contrast is ok, but whe
n i
change to 2 line mode the display can only be read at angles almost parrallell w
ith the
display, i spose this has something to do with the 1/16 duty cycle of the 2 line
 mode.

 For contrast control i am using a 10k linear potentiometer. And the display is
running
off a 7805 voltage regulator(5v).

Can anyone suggest what i can do to improve the visibility, (which is currently
useless
on 2 line mode).

thanx
  Tim Lunn