Jim,

See my web page :-

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_lawther/charlcd.htm

for example circuit and code for 4 bit mode (it's written for the 16C84
but a check on the configuration word and a recompile should get it
working on a 16F84)

hope it helps,

Steve Lawther

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Schneringer [SMTP:jschner@EARTHLINK.NET]
> Sent: 18 June 1999 07:29
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      4-Bit LCD Code
>
> Hello all!
>     I have been lurking around for sometime and thought it was about
> time I came out of the shadows.
> I just got into programming PICs a couple months ago and bought a Warp-3
> from Jim Robertson. What a nice feeling it is to program a 16F84 for the
> first time. For some reason the wife just doesn't understand.
>     Anyway, I have programmed LEDs and multiplexed LED displays already.
> Now I'm going to try my hand at an LCD 8x2 character display with the
> Hitachi controller. I'm looking for a simple, non-serial example of the
> 4-bit  LCD programming method for a 16F84 that I can tear apart and
> learn.  If you can steer me towards an example code I would appreciate
> it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Schneringer