MobiFlight Community Support

Hi
A few months ago it eas mentioned thet MF would add lCD screens support.
Is this implemented or not yet.
And if not, is it still on the roadmap?
Thanks

Jose

Hi

The support will work for IC2 based Displays like this.... https://www.amazon.de/AZDelivery-HD44780-Display-Schnittstelle-Anzeigen/dp/B01N3B8JMN/ref=sr_1_3?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1502533076&sr=1-3&keywords=lcd+display

I can´t give you a exact release Date but i think it will be released next weeks with Patch 7.4. I already work with a final beta Version to test this and it looks verry nice.

Great news.
Thanks for your continous support and improvements.
If you need a beta tester I will be more than happy to help.
Best regards

Jose

Hi guys:

Version 7.40 Mobiflight with LCD support has already been released. Congratulations and thank you all for this great work.

Questions:

Is there a tutorial to explain how to use LCD display? I can not find anything on the web.

I have seen that the default the release 7.40 supports 16x2 LCD. Do you also accept the 20x4 and/or more than one lcd?

Has anyone done any tests that can tell us how to use it?

Thank you all.

Carlos

Hi

Apollogy that we have no time already to make a tutorial. It´s high priority on our List !

Maby Sebastian can Tell you the Limits for Size of LCD exactly.... As i know 1x16 2x16 and 4x16 is possible. i "think" ?x20 schould be possible, too but i´m not shure !

Number of Displays on ONE Arduino is limmited by the Adress. If you got 2 Displays with different Adresses then it should be possible to use . ( In my beta testing release)
Problem is that my Displays ( i got from China) are all "hardcoded" to the Same Adress. I can´t change it so i can only use 1 Display maximum
BUT If i understand right you can use One Display individual on every Arduino.... If you need 5 Displays simply use 5 Megas !

Please be patient..... We try to bring you a Tutorial as soon as possible. Please use Google at the moment. " +IC2 +Display + Arduino"

Hello friends.
Pizman82: you can change easily the adress by doing some soldering in the back of the i2c module : https://www.google.com/amp/s/alselectro.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/serial-lcd-i2c-module-pcf8574/amp/

I think that we can drive more than 7 lcds with a mega but they must have different addresses.
Good luck

2 Displays are currently supported. My big display is 4x20. Are there typically bigger ones? I didn't see any on eBay.

I will try hard to provide a YouTube tutorial soon, sorry for the waiting time... but it is almost self explanatory if you have used MobiFlight before. Just give it a try.

2 Displays are currently supported.

Hi Doc.

Is it right that Limit of 2 Displays is for ONE Ardiono ?? Or is the limit for the hole Config in MF Connector ??
I´m pretty shure its for one arduino ( so for example 40 Displays are possible with 20 Arduinos .... But this phrasing is not 100% Clear.

So please Confirm this to prevent missunderstandings......