Nokia 5110 LCD is a versatile display for presenting text or any Bitmap image. We will be going to see the interfacing and programming of this display with Arduino.
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In this tutorial, we will see the complete guide on NOKIA 5110 and its interfacing with Arduino. This display has a wide application of displaying data. This display module is very cheap, and you can use it with many development boards and micro-controller. Nokia display is an 84×48(or 48×84) graphic LCD that can control/display any data with the help of an internal controller called PCD8544. It is a great choice to display data.
The main objective of this tutorial will be:
- We will learn the basics about NOKIA5110 LCD
- We will learn how to interface it with Arduino
- We will generate the code for displaying a text
Basics About Nokia 5110 Display:
Nokia 5110 has an interior controller/Driver named PCD8544. With the assistance of this, we will display the info onto LCD. The PCD8544 could be a low-power CMOS LCD controller/driver designed to drive a graphic display of 48 rows and 84 columns.
All necessary functions for the display are provided during a single chip, including on-chip generation of LCD supply and bias voltages, leading to a minimum of external components and low power consumption.
The PCD8544 are going to be interfacing to microcontrollers by a serial bus interface. The PCD8544 is manufactured in n-well CMOS technology.
NOKIA 5110 LCD screen uses SPI protocol to search out a DIN pin which might even be called MOSI(Master-Out Slave-In). So, all we’ll do is pass commands with a pair of 8-bit data through the DIN pin while using the opposite pins(like DC, CE, and CLK pins) simultaneously and appropriately.
Specifications
- 48 x 84 Dot LCD
- Serial Bus Interface with maximum high speed 4.0 Mbits/S
- Internal Controller No.PCD8544
- LED Back-Light
- Run at Voltage 2.7 -5.0 Volt
- Low power consumption; it is suitable for battery applications
- Temperature range from -25 ̊C to +70 ̊C
- Support Signal CMOS Input
Pinout
Let’s understand the pinout of this display. We will also see the significance of each pin.
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RST – Signal RESET for the operation of LCD- CE – Chip Enable, Pin CHIP ENABLE to control operation.
- D/C – Pin to configure the information formats between Data and Command.
- DIN – Serial Input, Pin DATA (SERIAL DATA LINE)
- CLK – Pin CLOCK (SERIAL CLOCK LINE)
- VCC – 3.3V, to provide power supply from the microcontroller
- LIGHT – Backlight Control, to control operation of LED (Back Light)
- GND – Ground
Components Required
For interfacing and LCD with the Arduino, we will need the following components :
Interfacing with Arduino
Make connections as shown in the diagram:
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The wiring of Nokia5110 LCD with Arduino is explained as follows:
Nokia 5110 LCD | The Arduino |
RST | 3 |
CE | 4 |
DC | 5 |
DIN | 6 |
CLK | 7 |
VCC | 3.3V |
BL | 3.3V (through 220Ω resistor) |
GND | GND |
Coding
Before proceeding to the coding part, we need to download few libraries to execute code properly. In the Arduino IDE, go to Tools -> Manage Libraries. Search for “PCD8544 Nokia”.
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You need to select the library “Adafruit PCD8544 Nokia 5110 LCD Library ” and click on install. One more additional library we need to install for displaying graphics on the LCD, which is ” Adafruit GFX Library. “
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Output
Conclusion
We just learned a simple project of displaying text on this LCD. At the advanced level, you can display bitmap images and much more. I hope you will find this article helpful. please comment if
- you have any doubt related to this tutorial
- Need any help from me
- If you find any issue with the code/tutorial
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