LCD I2C Library

This tutorial shows you how to control an I2C-based LCD Display with a custom library. Let’s get started!

The Setup

Downloading Software

We first need to install some software that this library requires:

opkg update
opkg install git git-http python-light pyOnionI2C

Next, we will download the custom I2C LED library:

cd /root
git clone https://bitbucket.org/fires/fireonion_i2c_lcd

Connecting the LCD Display

Make the following connections:

Running the LCD Library Code

Navigate to the src directory:

cd fireonion_i2c_lcd/src

Run the command:

python lcd.py

Now you should see sample text on your LCD. You can edit lcd.py to change the displayed text.

You can also import the whole library into your own python project!

More

More and latest info at : http://davidstein.cz/2016/03/13/onion-io-i2c-lcd-16x220x4-backpack-library/

To Do

• Add support to call this library from shell with arguments to make it more confortable use with other programming languages
• Test on 20x4 display. IF SOMEBODY GOT a 20x4 Display please test it and send feedback.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fires04 for writing this tutorial!