Display ON/OFF
RS
0
R/W
0
DB7
0
DB6
0
DB5
0
DB4
0
DB3
1
DB2
D
DB1
C
DB0
B
D = Display ON/OFF
When D = “1”, the display is turned ON. When D = “0”, the display is turned OFF. Contents in DDRAM are not changed.
C = Cursor ON/OFF
When C = “1”, the cursor is displayed. The cursor is displayed as 5 dots on the 8
th
line of a character. When C = “0”, the
cursor is OFF.
B = Blinking Cursor
When B = “1”, the entire character specified by the cursor blinks at a speed of 409.6ms intervals. When B = “0”, the
character does not blink, the cursor remains on.
Cursor/Display Shift
RS
0
R/W
0
DB7
0
DB6
0
DB5
0
DB4
1
DB3
S/C
DB2
R/L
DB1
0
DB0
0
S/C
0
0
1
1
R/L
0
1
0
1
Shift Function
Shifts the cursor position to the left (AC is decremented by 1).
Shifts the cursor position to the right (AC is incremented by 1).
Shifts the entire display to the left. The cursor follows the display shift.
Shifts the entire display to the right. The cursor follows the display shift.
When the display is shifted repeatedly, each line moves only horizontally. The second line display does not shift into the
first line.
The Address Counter does not change during a Display Shift.
Function Set
RS
0
R/W
0
DB7
0
DB6
0
DB5
1
DB4
DL
DB3
1
DB2
0
DB1
FT1
DB0
FT0
DL = Interface Data Length
When DL = “1”, the data is sent or received in 8‐bit length via DB7..DB0.
When DL = “0”, the data is sent or received in 4‐bit length via DB7..DB4. When the 4‐bit data length is used, the data
must be sent or received in two consecutive writes/reads to combine the data into full 8‐bits.
FT1, FT0 = Font Table Selection
FT1
0
0
1
1
FT0
0
1
0
1
Font Table
English / Japanese
Western European #1
English / Russian
Western European #2
Note: Changing the font table during operation will immediately change any data currently on the display to the
corresponding character on the newly selected font table.
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