Character Display Block

Character Display Block

The Character Display block allows outputting a value over I2C to a few common display types.

Inputs

  • bytes: bytes representing a valid UTF-8 string. Also accepts a scalar that will be converted to a string.

Parameters

  • Address (default = 0): I2C address of the display to connect to
  • Type [OLED | LCD]: Type of display to use
    • OLED: Control an OLED display using an SSD1306 controller
    • LCD: Control an LCD display using an HD44780 controller
  • X Offset (default = 0): Number of characters to offset the display