ElectroBlocks/C2/Display-Text-on-LCD/English
| Visual Cue | Narration |
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Title Slide |
Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Display Text on LCD using Electroblocks. |
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Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial, we will learn how to
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System Requirements |
To record this tutorial, I am using:
A working internet connection to use Electroblocks. |
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Prerequisite |
To follow this tutorial, Learner should have a basic knowledge of
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| Type | Let us open the ElectroBlocks website using Chrome browser. |
| Click on the New File/Blank File option. | Click on the New File/Blank File icon on the toolbar. |
| Show Circuit Diagram.png | This is the circuit diagram of Display text on LCD.
It displays the text in two rows with a delay. Let us build this circuit using ElectroBlocks. |
| Switch back to the Electroblock interface. | |
| Keep the loop block in the middle area
Click on the Add on section. Click on the LCD screen option. |
Click on the Add-ons section and,
Then click on the LCD screen. Select the Setup LCD block and drag it to the working area. This block configures the LCD Screen in the circuit. By default the memory type is 0x3F. |
| Point to size in lcd setup block
Point to 16x2 |
We can see the size of the LCD display is 16 by 2 (16x2).
16 represents the number of columns and 2 represents the number of rows on the Display. Click on the dropdown. We can see one more size of 20X4. You can use this option if you want to display more rows of text. |
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Click on the LCD screen Drag and drop the Print-> Delay-> Clear block inside the loop block. Point to the block in the loop. |
Now we will add an LCD Screen.
Click on the LCD screen option. Drag and drop the Print Delay Clear block inside the loop block. This block allows you to display words or numbers on any row of the LCD. |
| Click on the Print on Row 1 text Block, type “Welcome to”.
Press Enter Click on the Print on Row 2 text block, type “Electroblocks” |
Click on the Print on Row 1 text block, type “
Welcome to ” Press Enter to save the changes made in the block. Click on the Print on Row 2 text block, type “Electroblocks” This block displays the text with a delay for 3 seconds. |
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Click on Code Icon. |
Now, we will see the arduino code generated by electroblocks.
Click on the Code icon. The code includes self-explanatory comments for better understanding. |
| Zoom and show the simulation area | Click the Home icon and press the Play button to start the simulation.
We can see "Welcome to" and "Electroblocks” are displayed for 3 seconds on the LCD screen. |
| Let us add one more block to display another text after a few seconds. | |
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Duplicate the Print Delay Clear block Only narration Drag and place this block below print delay clear block Click on the Print on Row 1 text block, type “Thank you” Press Enter Point to Print on Row 2 text bloock Press Enter |
Right click on the Print Delay Clear block and select the Duplicate option.
This creates an identical block in the working area. Drag and place this block below the previous print delay clear block. Click on the Print on Row 1 text block, type “Thank you” Press Enter to save the changes. Let us keep the Print on Row 2 text block empty. Press the delete key to delete the existing text. |
| Press the Play button. | Let us simulate again to see the changes.
We can see the text displayed on the LCD with specified delay. |
| Slide 5: | This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarise. |
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Assignment: |
As an assignment, please do the following.
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Thank you |
Thank you for joining. |
