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From: Byron A Jeff <byron@CC.GATECH.EDU>


> Has anyone gotten a Noritake CD20045SCPB-U1J to work in 4 mode. I fought
with
> it for a 1/2 day. I then decided to test it in 8 bit mode. Worked like a
> champ.
>
> The init sequence is the standard 3 8 bit resets, a 4 bit mode command,
then
> everything else in 4 bit mode. But it only writes junk to the display even
> if large delays are used.
>
> I'd like to use 4 bit mode to conserve I/O pins.

It worked fine for me for the exact same device when I used Joan Ilari's LCD
code from the LCD keypad module:

http://www.terra.es/personal4/joan.ilari/lcd/lcd.htm

It is quite handy, and the whole easily pluggable hardware/software module
concept is actually quite spiffy for quick breadboard work.

Jeff

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