Class CharacterDisplay

Represents a single or multirow LCD character display

Assembly: CharacterDisplay.dll

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Declaration

public class CharacterDisplay : ITextDisplay, IDisplay

Implements:
Meadow.Peripherals.Displays.ITextDisplay, Meadow.Peripherals.Displays.IDisplay

Properties

DisplayConfig

The display configuration for text display menu

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Declaration

public TextDisplayConfig DisplayConfig { get; }

Methods

ClearLine(byte)

Clear a line of text

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Declaration

public void ClearLine(byte lineNumber)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Byte	lineNumber	The line to clear (0 indexed)

ClearLines()

Clear all lines

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Declaration

public void ClearLines()

SaveCustomCharacter(byte[], byte)

Save a custom character to the display

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Declaration

public void SaveCustomCharacter(byte[] characterMap, byte address)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Byte[]	characterMap	The character data
System.Byte	address	The display character address (0-7)

SetCursorPosition(byte, byte)

Set the cursor position

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Declaration

public void SetCursorPosition(byte column, byte line)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Byte	column	The cursor column
System.Byte	line	The cursor line

Write(string)

Write a string to the display

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Declaration

public void Write(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text	The text to show as a string

WriteLine(string, byte, bool)

Write text to a line

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Declaration

public void WriteLine(string text, byte lineNumber, bool showCursor = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text	The text to display
System.Byte	lineNumber	The target line
System.Boolean	showCursor	If true, show the cursor

Show()

Update the display

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Declaration

public void Show()

Implements

• Meadow.Peripherals.Displays.ITextDisplay
• Meadow.Peripherals.Displays.IDisplay