The TextStar Serial LCD Display from Cat's Whisker Technologies is a nice little 16x2 display. It's quite a sophisticated screen including 4 buttons to transmit characters too. It's a perfect companion for the Raspberry Pi as you can run it straight off the 3.3v supply and TTL serial pins without the need for an RS232 converter like a MAX232. Sep 8, 2015 - DSI (Display serial interface) is a high-speed serial interface based on a. We needed to look for what are termed 'Industrial' LCD displays. In order to drive lcd it is mandatory to include this library in your code. More details about library is available in library. First of all you have to execute begin() function and pass the pins which you are going to use for interface display. Display Serial Interface connector on Raspberry Pi single-board computer The Display Serial Interface (DSI) is a specification by the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance aimed at reducing the cost of display controllers in a mobile device.
I designed an display library namely lcd.py In this library i write some functions to which can be called by user. In order to drive lcd it is mandatory to include this library in your code. More details about library is available in library.
Raspberry Pi Display Connector
First of all you have to execute begin() function and pass the pins which you are going to use for interface display. Here Print() function can print any value passed to this function. This display isinterfaced in 4 bit mode so only 4 pins D4-D7 and RW,EN pins are connected to raspberry pin.