LC7981/HD61830 LCD Driver

I’ve found the time to post this LC7981/HD61830 driver (only graphics mode implemented) and some images of this Samsung LCD I’m using. I bought the LCD off of ebay.

For now, here are the specs: an EL backlit 160×80 monochrome graphics LCD that supports text and graphics mode (I just coded for graphics mode and found a font/character pixel set online), controlled by an ATMega32. The LCD is driven by an LC7981/HD61830 controller (easy parallel interface).

Pictures (no, I’m not running linux, the linux penguin just happened to be a convenient pixmap to demonstrate):

Here is a quick overview of the connections LCD pins:

1	Gnd
2	Vcc
3	to LCD 17
4	Control Signal (RS)
5	Control Signal (RW)
6	Control Signal (E)
7 to 14	LCD’s data pins DB0-DB7, connected to AVR’s PORTA
15	Gnd (CS)
16	Vcc (Reset)
17	to LCD 3
18	NC
19	to backlight inverter out
20	Gnd

The free source, currently coded for the ATMega32 but can be easily adapted to other uCs: avr-lc7981-be91938.tar.gz.