[57north-discuss] 16 x 2 LCD screen in Japenese font

[Robert McWilliam]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2019, at 21:02, Wouter Piessens wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> Looking for a bit of guidance here: I am playing about with the 16 -2 LCD purchased from Pimoroni, likely with the Hitachi HD4478U on board and then connected to RPI 3B+. I have wired it up just like the following website : https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/07/16x2-lcd-module-control-using-python/
> 
> However, the LCD is spitting out Japanese Katakana font, and not alfa-numerical font. I have it all wired up correctly..Has anyone experienced this before or knows how to change the output font on on the module? 

A quick look at the datasheet for HD44780U shows it coming in Japanese or European versions, sounds like you've got a Japanese version.

Looks like the fonts are stored in ROM set at the factory so not really anything you can do to change that now. 

https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/LCD/HD44780.pdf

Robert
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