INTERFACING LCD WITH 8051 MIROCONTROLLER With Code

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INTERFACING LCD WITH 8051

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INTERFACING LCD WITH 8051 MIROCONTROLLER: In this article you will learn
how to interface lcd with 8051 microcontroller. It is not very hard for interfacing
lcd with 8051 microcontroller when you already know how to use kiel for
programming of 8051 and how to used input output ports of 8051
microcontroller. LCD is used for displaying alphabets, numbers or some
messages etc. We already learnt about the use of LCD using PIC microcontroller
in previous article. Now in this tutorial we will study how to interface LCD with
8051 microcontroller. 8051 is basic level of using controllers, so it’s a bit difficult
as compared to PIC microcontroller and LCD interfacing code is also changed
here. you can also scroll text on lcd as we did in pic microcontroller tutorial.
Table of Contents 
16×2 LCD:
We can use any type of LCD like 16×2, 8×1, 16×4, 8×2, 16×1, 20×1, 20×2 etc. Here
we will use 16×2 Liquid Crystal Display. It can display 32 characters at a time in
two rows. LM016L is a 16×2 LCD module.There are 16 pins in this LCD module,
the pin configuration us given below:
LCD PIN DIAGRAM:
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LCD PIN DISCRIPTION

Pin 1 GND (0v)
Pin 2 Vcc (5v)

Pin 3 VEE (contrast adjustment through variable resistor)
Pin 4 RS (command register when low, data register when high)
Pin 5 R/W (high for read from register, low for write to the register)
Pin 6 EN (sends data to data pins when high to low pulse is given)
Pin 7-14 DB0-DB7 (8-bit data pins)
Pin 15 LED+ (backlight, Vcc 5v)

Pin 16 LED- (backlight, GND 0v)
LCD interfacing WORKING

EN pin is for enabling the module. A high to low transition at this pin will enable
the LCD module. ThisLM016L has two built in registers namely:
Data register
Command register
Data register: It is for placing the data which is to be displayed. Data can be any
character, alphabet or number.High logic at the RS pin will select the data
register. By making RS pin high and putting data in the 8 bit data line (DB0 to
DB7), the LCD module will recognize it as a data to be displayed.
Command register:It is for placing the commands. There is a set of commands

for LCD to perform specific tasks. Low logic at the RS pin will select the
command register.By making RS pin low and putting data on the data line, the
LCD module will recognize it as a command.Some of the instructions/commands
are given below:
Code (in Hex) Working of LCD commands

0x01 Clear displays
0x02 return home
0x06 for entry mode

0x80 Force cursor to beginning of 1st line
0xC0 Force cursor to beginning of 2nd line
0x90 Force cursor to beginning of 3rd line
0xD0 Force cursor to beginning of 4th line

0x08 Display off, cursor off
0x0E Display on, cursor on
0x0C Display on, cursor off

0x0F Display on, cursor blinking
0x10 Shift cursor position to left
0x14 Shift cursor position to right

0x38 2 lines and 5×7 matrix (8-bit mode)
0x28 2 lines and 5×7 matrix (4-bit mode)
R/W pin is for selecting between read and write modes. High level at this pin
enables read mode and low level at this pin enables write mode.
DB0 to DB7 are the data pins. The data to be displayed and the commands are
placed on these pins.
For glowing backlight LED, LED+ (anode of back light LED)is connected to Vcc
through a suitable series current limiting resistor (for contrast adjustment). LED-
(cathode of the back light LED) is connected to ground.
LCD INTERFACING WITH 8051 MICROCONTROLLER

This LCD can be operated in 4-bit mode (using only 4 data lines) or 8-bit mode
(using all 8 data lines). Here we will useit in 8-bit mode. First of all LCD is
initialized and then it can be used for sending data and commands. Reset and
Enable of LCD is connected to port 1 of 8051 microcontroller. Data lines of LCD
are connected to port 2 of 8051 microcontroller. R/W is connected to ground
since we have to just write data and command (not read operation). This gives a
little ease so that we don’t need to make this pin low in the code.
TO INITIALIZE LCD for interfacing with 8051

microcontroller
To initialize LCD with 8051 microcontroller, following instruction are to be
executed:
0x38 (is used for 8-bit data initialization)

0x0C (display on, cursor off)
0x01 (for clearing screen)
0x80 (force cursor to beginning of 1st line)
TO SENDDATA:
For displaying any character whether it is number, alphabet or character,

following steps should be follow:
For display data, register select (RS pin) should be high, RS = 1.

Place data byte on the data register.
Pulse the Enable pin (EN pin) from high to low.
Configure the R/W to write mode. For write mode,R/W = 0.
Repeat above steps for sending another data.
TO SEND COMMAND:
To instruct LCD for performing specific task for example displaying character in
second row instead of one, following steps should be taken:
For command mode, register select (RS pin) should be low, RS = 0.

Place data byte on the command register.
Pulse the Enable pin (EN pin) from high to low.
Read/Write should be low (write mode), R/W = 0.
Repeat above steps for sending another command.
PROTEUS SIMULATION of lcd interfacing with 8051 microcontroller:
Video simulation of lcd interfacing with 8051

microcontroller
lcd interfacing with 8051 microcontroller
CODE of lcd interfacing with 8051 microcontroller
#include<reg51.h>
voidlcd_init(void);
voidwritecmd(int);
voidwritedata(char);
void delay(int);
sbit RS = P1^0;
sbit E = P1^1;
sbit led = P1^2;
inti=0;
void main()
P0 = 0x00; //not used
P1 = 0x00; //output port for setting RS and EN
P2 = 0x00; //used as data output port
P3 = 0x00; //not used
led = 1;
lcd_init();
writedata('W');
delay(5000000);
writedata('e');
delay(5000000);
writedata('l');
delay(5000000);
writedata('c');
delay(5000000);
writedata('o');
delay(5000000);
writedata('m');
delay(5000000);
writedata('e');
delay(5000000);
writedata(' ');
delay(5000000);
writedata('T');
delay(5000000);
writedata('o');
delay(5000000);
writecmd(0x01); //clear display
writedata('w');
writedata('w');
writedata('w');
writedata('.');
writedata('m');
writedata('i');
writedata('c');
writedata('r');
writedata('o');
writedata('c');
writedata('o');
writedata('n');
writedata('t');
writedata('r');
writedata('o');
writedata('l');
writecmd(0xc0); //enter in second row
writedata('l');
writedata('e');
writedata('r');
writedata('s');
writedata('l');
writedata('a');
writedata('b');
writedata('.');
writedata('c');
writedata('o');
writedata('m');
delay(5000000);
delay(5000000);
delay(5000000);
delay(5000000);
void lcd_init(void)
writecmd(0x38); //for 8 bit mode
writecmd(0x0C); //display on, cursor off
writecmd(0x01); //clear display
writecmd(0x80); //force cursor to beginning of 1st line
void writedata(char t) //data function
RS = 1;
P2 = t; //Data transfer
E = 1;
delay(150);
E = 0;
delay(150);
voidwritecmd(int z) //command function
RS = 0;
P2 = z; //Data transfer
E = 1;
delay(150);
E = 0;
delay(150);
void delay(int a) //Delay function
inti;
for(i=0;i<a;i++); }
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2 thoughts on “INTERFACING LCD WITH 8051

MIROCONTROLLER with code”
Getachew Nega
February 22, 2017 at 5:34 pm
Thanks for the invaluable information. But I have a question for you, how
much second is the delay given by delay(5000000) and delay(150)?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
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fasil
December 27, 2020 at 11:58 pm
could you send me interfacing pir.gsm.buzzer with 8051 microcontroller
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9/5/21, 10:25 AM INTERFACING LCD WITH 8051 MIROCONTROLLER with code

INTERFACING LCD WITH 8051

LCD PIN DISCRIPTION

Pin 2 Vcc (5v)

Pin 7-14 DB0-DB7 (8-bit data pins)

Pin 15 LED+ (backlight, Vcc 5v)

LCD interfacing WORKING

Command register:It is for placing the commands. There is a set of commands

Code (in Hex) Working of LCD commands

0x02 return home

0x06 for entry mode

0xC0 Force cursor to beginning of 2nd line

0x90 Force cursor to beginning of 3rd line

0xD0 Force cursor to beginning of 4th line

0x0E Display on, cursor on

0x0C Display on, cursor off

0x10 Shift cursor position to left

0x14 Shift cursor position to right

0x28 2 lines and 5×7 matrix (4-bit mode)

LCD INTERFACING WITH 8051 MICROCONTROLLER

TO INITIALIZE LCD for interfacing with 8051

0x38 (is used for 8-bit data initialization)

0x01 (for clearing screen)

0x80 (force cursor to beginning of 1st line)

For displaying any character whether it is number, alphabet or character,

For display data, register select (RS pin) should be high, RS = 1.

For command mode, register select (RS pin) should be low, RS = 0.

PROTEUS SIMULATION of lcd interfacing with 8051 microcontroller:

Video simulation of lcd interfacing with 8051

lcd interfacing with 8051 microcontroller

CODE of lcd interfacing with 8051 microcontroller

sbit led = P1^2;

P0 = 0x00; //not used

P1 = 0x00; //output port for setting RS and EN

P2 = 0x00; //used as data output port

P3 = 0x00; //not used

writecmd(0x01); //clear display

writecmd(0xc0); //enter in second row

writecmd(0x38); //for 8 bit mode

writecmd(0x0C); //display on, cursor off

writecmd(0x01); //clear display

writecmd(0x80); //force cursor to beginning of 1st line

void writedata(char t) //data function

P2 = t; //Data transfer

voidwritecmd(int z) //command function

P2 = z; //Data transfer

void delay(int a) //Delay function

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