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PAGE 2 OF 22
DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY:
DATE
PAGE
DESCRIPTION
1999.8.
2005.3.
.12
-
-
4
First release
Modify the full specification
Update the part number system
PAGE 3 OF 22
Contents
1. Module Classification Information
2. Precautions in use of LCD Modules
3. General Specification
4. Absolute Maximum Ratings
5. Electrical Characteristics
6. Optical Characteristics
7. Interface Pin Function
8. Power Supply
9. Contour Drawing & Block Diagram
10. Function Description
11. Character Generator ROM Pattern
12. Instruction Table
13. Timing Characteristics
14. Initializing of LCM
15. Quality Assurance
16. Reliability
PAGE 5 OF 22
2. Precautions in use of LCD Modules
(1)Avoid applying excessive shocks to the module or making any alterations or modifications to
it.
(2)Don’t make extra holes on the printed circuit board, modify its shape or change the
components of LCD module.
(3)Don’t disassemble the LCM.
(4)Don’t operate it above the absolute maximum rating.
(5)Don’t drop, bend or twist LCM.
(6)Soldering: only to the I/O terminals.
(7)Storage: please storage in anti-static electricity container and clean environment.
3. General Specification
Item Dimension Unit
Number of Characters 16 characters x 2 Lines Ё
Module dimension(No Backlight ) 55.7 x 32.0 x 10.0˄MAX˅ mm
Module dimension(With LED Backlight ) 55.7 x 32.0 x 15.0˄MAX˅ mm
View area 45.0 x 15.5 mm
Active area 37.85 x 11.70 mm
Dot size 0.45x 0.60 mm
Dot pitch 0.55 x 0.70 mm
Character size 2.65 x 5.50 mm
Character pitch 3.20 x 6.20 mm
LCD type STN
Duty 1/16
View direction 6 o’clock or 12 o’clock
Backlight Type None, YELLOW-GREEN
PAGE 6 OF 22
4. Absolute Maximum Ratings
Item Symbol Min Max Unit
Input Voltage VI -0.3 VDD+0.3 V
Supply Voltage For Logic VDD-VSS -0.3 7.0 V
Supply Voltage For LCD VDD-V0 Vdd-13.5 0 V
Operating Temp. Top 0 50 ć Standard
Temperature LCM Storage Temp. Tstr -10 60 ć
Operating Temp. Top -20 70 ć Wide Temperature
LCM Storage Temp. Tstr -30 80 ć
5. Electrical Characteristics
Item Symbol Condition Min Typ Max Unit
Supply Voltage For Logic VDD-VSS Ё 4.5 5.0 5.5 V
Supply Voltage For LCD VDD-V0 Ta=25ć 4.5 5.0 5.5 V
Input High Volt. VIH Ё 0.7 VDD Ё VDD V
Input Low Volt. VIL Ё VSS Ё 0.3 VDD V
Supply Current IDD V
DD=5V 0.5 0.7 2.0 mA
Supply Voltage of
Yellow-green backlight VLED
Forward
current
=70 mA
Number of
LED die
2x7= 14
3.8 4.1 4.4 V
PAGE 7 OF 22
6. Optical Characteristics
Item Symbol Condition Min Typ Max Unit
(V) CR 2 -20
Ё 35 deg
View Angle
(H) CR 2
-30
Ё 30 deg
Contrast Ratio CR Ё Ё 3 Ё Ё
T rise Ё Ё Ё 250 ms
Response Time
T fall Ё Ё Ё 250 ms
Definition of Operation Voltage (Vop) Definition of Response Time ( Tr , Tf )
Driving Voltage(V)
Intensity
Cr Max
100ˁ
Vop
Selected Wave
Non-selected Wave
[positive type]
Cr = Lon / Loff
Intensity
90ˁ
100ˁ
Tr
10ˁ
Tf
Non-selected
Conition
Non-selected
Conition
Selected Conition
[positive type]
Conditions :
Operating Voltage : Vop Viewing Angle(Δ) : 0°Δ
Frame Frequency : 64 HZ Driving Waveform : 1/N duty , 1/a bias
Definition of viewing angle(CR 2)
f= 180°
= 90°
= 0°
= 270°
b
r
l
PAGE 8 OF 22
7. Interface Pin Function
Pin No. Symbol Level Description
1 VSS 0V Ground
2 VDD 5.0V Supply Voltage for logic
3 VO (Variable) Operating voltage for LCD
4 RS H/L H: DATA, L: Instruction code
5 R/W H/L H: Read(MPUModule) L: Write(MPUModule)
6 E H,HL Chip enable signal
7 DB0 H/L Data bit 0
8 DB1 H/L Data bit 1
9 DB2 H/L Data bit 2
10 DB3 H/L Data bit 3
11 DB4 H/L Data bit 4
12 DB5 H/L Data bit 5
13 DB6 H/L Data bit 6
14 DB7 H/L Data bit 7
15 LED(+) Anode of LED Backlight
16 LED(-) Cathode of LED Backlight
PAGE 9 OF 22
8. POWER SUPPLY
SINGLE SUPPLY VOLTAGE TYPE
DUAL SUPPLY VOLTAGE TYPE
PAGE 10 OF 22
9. Contour Drawing &Block Diagram
0.10
0.10
6.20
5.50
0.60
3.20
2.65
0.45
4-R1.25
15.0(MAX.)
8.8± 0.5
11.70(A.A.)
15.5(V.A.)
24.7± 0.3
30.0
37.85(A.A.)
31.2
45.0(V.A.)
51.0± 0.3
P1.27X15=19.0519.0
32.0± 0.5
55.7± 0.3
LED B/L
20
DRIVER
16
4
40
CONTROLLER
8
RS
E
DB0
R/W
Vss
V0
Vdd
DB7
CHARACTERS
LCD PANEL 12X2
10.0(MAX.)
4.4± 0.5
NO/B/L
116
16-Ø0.4 1.6± 0.1 1.6± 0.1
PAGE 11 OF 22
10. Function Description
The LCD display Module is built in a LSI controller, the controller has two 8-bit registers, an
instruction register (IR) and a data register (DR).
The IR stores instruction codes, such as display clear and cursor shift, and address information
for display data RAM (DDRAM) and character generator (CGRAM). The IR can only be written
from the MPU. The DR temporarily stores data to be written or read from DDRAM or
CGRAM. When address information is written into the IR, then data is stored into the DR from
DDRAM or CGRAM. By the register selector (RS) signal, these two registers can be selected.
RS R/W Operation
0 0 IR write as an internal operation (display clear, etc.)
0 1 Read busy flag (DB7) and address counter (DB0 to DB7)
1 0 Write data to DDRAM or CGRAM (DR to DDRAM or CGRAM)
1 1 Read data from DDRAM or CGRAM (DDRAM or CGRAM to DR)
Busy Flag (BF)
When the busy flag is 1, the controller LSI is in the internal operation mode, and the next
instruction will not be accepted. When RS=0 and R/W=1, the busy flag is output to DB7. The
next instruction must be written after ensuring that the busy flag is 0.
Address Counter (AC)
The address counter (AC) assigns addresses to both DDRAM and CGRAM
Display Data RAM (DDRAM)
This DDRAM is used to store the display data represented in 8-bit character codes. Its extended
capacity is 80×8 bits or 80 characters. Below figure is the relationships between DDRAM
addresses and positions on the liquid crystal display.
AC
(hexadecimal)
High bits Low bits
AC6 AC5 AC4 AC3 AC2 AC1 AC0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Example: DDRAM addresses 4E
PAGE 12 OF 22
Character Generator ROM (CGROM)
The CGROM generate 5×8 dot or 5×10 dot character patterns from 8-bit character codes. See
Table 2.
Character Generator RAM (CGRAM)
In CGRAM, the user can rewrite character by program. For 5×8 dots, eight character patterns
can be written, and for 5×10 dots, four character patterns can be written.
Write into DDRAM the character code at the addresses shown as the left column of table 1. To
show the character patterns stored in CGRAM.
Display position DDRAM address
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B
-Line by 12-Character Display
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
PAGE 13 OF 22
Relationship between CGRAM Addresses, Character Codes (DDRAM) and Character
patterns
Table 1.
For 5 * 8 dot character patterns
Character Codes
( D D R A M data ) CGRAM Address C haracter P atterns
( C G R A M data )
543210675432 0176543210
000
001
100
101
010
011
110
111
000
001
100
101
010
011
110
111
000
001
010
011
110
111
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***00000
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***00000
00 00
00 00
00 00
000
000
000
00 0
000
0
000
000
0
000
001
***
***
1110000 *111
0000 *000
0000 *001
H ig h L ow H igh L ow H ig h L ow
For 5 * 10 dot character patterns
Character Codes
( D D R A M data ) CGRAM Address C haracter P atterns
( C G R A M data )
7
H ig h L ow
4563210
H ig h L ow
543210
H igh L ow
7654 1230
***00000
00000***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
***
********
0000
0001
0010
0011
0100
0101
0110
0111
1000
100 1
10 10
1111
00000
0000 *000 00
00
00
000
000
0
0000
0000
0000
Character
pattern( 1 )
Cursor pattern
Character
pattern( 2 )
Cursor pattern
Character
pattern
Cursor pattern
: " H igh "
PAGE 14 OF 22
11. Character Generator ROM Pattern
Table.2
PAGE 15 OF 22
12. Instruction Table
Instruction Code
Instruction
RS R/W DB7 DB6 DB5 DB4 DB3 DB2 DB1 DB0
Description Execution time
(fosc=270Khz)
Clear Display 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Write “00H” to DDRAM and set
DDRAM address to “00H” from AC 1.53ms
Return Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ё
Set DDRAM address to “00H” from AC
and return cursor to its original position
if shifted. The contents of DDRAM are
not changed.
1.53ms
Entry Mode
Set 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 I/D SH
Assign cursor moving direction and
enable the shift of entire display. 39μs
Display
ON/OFF
Control
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 D C B
Set display (D), cursor (C), and blinking
of cursor (B) on/off control bit. 39μs
Cursor or
Display Shift 0 0 0 0 0 1 S/C R/L Ё Ё
Set cursor moving and display shift
control bit, and the direction, without
changing of DDRAM data.
39μs
Function Set 0 0 0 0 1 DL N F
Ё Ё
Set interface data length
(DL:8-bit/4-bit), numbers of display line
(N:2-line/1-line)and, display font type
(F:5×11 dots/8 dots)
39μs
Set CGRAM
Address 0 0 0 1 AC5 AC4 AC3 AC2 AC1 AC0 Set CGRAM address in address counter. 39μs
Set DDRAM
Address 0 0 1 AC6 AC5 AC4 AC3 AC2 AC1 AC0 Set DDRAM address in address counter. 39μs
Read Busy
Flag and
Address
0 1 BF AC6 AC5 AC4 AC3 AC2 AC1 AC0
Whether during internal operation or not
can be known by reading BF. The
contents of address counter can also be
read.
0μs
Write Data to
RAM 1 0 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
Write data into internal RAM
(DDRAM/CGRAM). 43μs
Read Data
from RAM 1 1 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0
Read data from internal RAM
(DDRAM/CGRAM). 43μs
ϠЁΚdon’t care
PAGE 16 OF 22
13. Timing Characteristics
13.1
ʳ
Write Operation
Ta=25 , VDD=5.0± 0.5Vć
Item Symbol Min Typ Max Unit
Enable cycle time tcycE 1200 Ё Ё ns
Enable pulse width (high level) PWEH 140 Ё Ё ns
Enable rise/fall time tEr,tEf Ё Ё 25 ns
Address set-up time (RS, R/W to E) tAS 0
Ё Ё ns
Address hold time tAH 10
Ё Ё ns
Data set-up time tDSW 40 Ё Ё ns
Data hold time tH 10
Ё Ё ns
VIH1
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
VIL1
tcycE
VIH1
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
VIL1
tAS tAH
tAH
tEf
tH
tDSW
PWEH
tEr
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
RS
R/W
E
DB0 to DB7 Valid data
PAGE 17 OF 22
13.2
ʳ
Read Operation
Ta=25, VDD=5.0± 0.5Vć
Item Symbol Min Typ Max Unit
Enable cycle time tcycE 1200 Ё Ё ns
Enable pulse width (high level) PWEH 140 Ё Ё ns
Enable rise/fall time tEr,tEf Ё Ё 25 ns
Address set-up time (RS, R/W to E) tAS 0
Ё Ё ns
Address hold time tAH 10
Ё Ё ns
Data delay time tDDR Ё Ё 100 ns
Data hold time tDHR 10 Ё Ё ns
VIH1
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
tcycE
VOH1
VOL1*
tAS tAH
tAH
tEf
tDHR
PWEH
tEr
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
VIH1
VIL1
RS
R/W
E
DB0 to DB7
VIH1 VIH1
VOH1
*VOL1
Valid data
tDDR
NOTE: *VOL1 is assumed to be 0.8V at 2 MHZ operation.
PAGE 18 OF 22
13.3 Timing Diagram of VDD Against V0.
Power on sequence shall meet the requirement of Figure 4, the timing diagram of VDD against
V0.
VDD
0V
0V
V0
95%
50ms(typical)
LOGIC SUPPLY
VOLTAGE
LCD SUPPLY
VOLTAGE
PAGE 19 OF 22
14.Initializing of LCM
0
R/W
0
0
R/W
0
0
R/W
0
0
0
0
0
R/W
0
R/W
Wait for more than 40 ms after VDD rises to 4.5 V
R/W
0
RS
RS
0
0
0
RS
0
0
0
RS
0
0
0
RS
RS
0
Display Clear
Entry Mode Set
Display ON/OFF control
4-Bit Ineterface
Initialization ends
01 SH
I/D ****
Wait for more than 37 Ps
DB3
Wait for more than 1ms
DB3
DB3
DB4DB6DB7 DB5
DB5DB7
0
DB6
0
0
0
0
0
DB4
0
0*
0
10
0
*
*
DB5DB7
0
1
0
D
DB6
B
0
DB4
0
C
*
*
DB2 DB1 DB0
*
DB0
*
*
DB1DB2
**
*
*
*
*
*
*
DB0DB1
*
*
DB2
*
*
BF can not be checked before this instruction.
BF can not be checked before this instruction.
Function set
Function set
BF can not be checked before this instruction.
Wait for more than 37us
DB3
Wait for more than 39 Ps
DB3
Wait for more than 39us
DB5
FN
DB7
0
DB6
0
***
0
DB4
1 *
DB5
00
NF
DB7 DB6
*10
*
**
DB4
*
*
DB0
**
DB1DB2
** Function set
*
DB0
***
**
DB1DB2
DB3
DB5DB7
00
DB6
1
DB4
1*
Power on
*
DB0DB1
*
DB2
*
PAGE 20 OF 22
Power on
RS R/W DB7 DB6 DB5 DB4 DB3 DB2 DB1 DB0
Wait for more than 40 ms after VDD rises to 4.5 V
Wait for more than 39us
1
DB4DB6
0
DB5
1
DB1DB2DB3
F**
DB0
DB4DB7RS R/W DB6 DB5 DB1DB2DB3 DB0
0000001BC D
Initialization ends
BF can not be checked before this instruction.
Function set
Function set
BF can not be checked before this instruction.
8-Bit Ineterface
Wait for more than 37us
Display ON/ OFF control
000011*F*
000
R/W
0
R/W
0
0
RS
RS
0
Entry Mode Set
DB3
Wait for more than 1ms
00000
DB5DB7 DB6 DB4
I/D
1S
DB0DB1DB2
Display Clear
DB3
Wait for more than 37 Ps
DB5DB7
00
DB6 DB4
0
00
DB0
1
DB1
0
DB2
0
RS R/W DB7
N
N
PAGE 21 OF 22
15.Quality Assurance
Screen Cosmetic Criteria
Item Defect Judgment Criterion Partition
1 Spots
A)Clear
Size: d mm Acceptable Qty in active area
d 0.1 Disregard
0.1<d 0.2 6
0.2<d 0.3 2
0.3<d 0
Note: Including pin holes and defective dots which must
be within one pixel size.
B)Unclear
Size: d mm Acceptable Qty in active area
d 0.2 Disregard
0.2<d 0.5 6
0.5<d 0.7 2
0.7<d 0
Minor
2 Bubbles in Polarizer
Size: d mm Acceptable Qty in active area
d 0.3 Disregard
0.3<d 1.0 3
1.0<d 1.5 1
1.5<d 0
Minor
3 Scratch
In accordance with spots cosmetic criteria. When the light
reflects on the panel surface, the scratches are not to be
remarkable.
Minor
4 Allowable Density Above defects should be separated more than 30mm each
other. Minor
5 Coloration
Not to be noticeable coloration in the viewing area of the
LCD panels.
Back-light type should be judged with back-light on state
only.
Minor
PAGE 22 OF 22
16.Reliability
Content of Reliability Test
Environmental Test
Test Item Content of Test Test Condition Applicable
Standard
High
Temperature
storage
Endurance test applying the high storage
temperature for a long time.
60ć
96hrs ——
Low
Temperature
storage
Endurance test applying the high storage
temperature for a long time.
-10ć
96hrs ——
High
Temperature
Operation
Endurance test applying the electric stress
(Voltage & Current) and the thermal stress
to the element for a long time.
50ć
96hrs ——
Low
Temperature
Operation
Endurance test applying the electric stress
under low temperature for a long time.
0ć
96hrs ——
High
Temperature/
Humidity
Storage
Endurance test applying the high
temperature and high humidity storage for a
long time.
60 ,90%RHć
96hrs ——
High
Temperature/
Humidity
Operation
Endurance test applying the electric stress
(Voltage & Current) and temperature /
humidity stress to the element for a long
time.
50 ,90%RHć
96hrs ——
Temperature
Cycle
Endurance test applying the low and high
temperature cycle.
-10 25 60ćć ć
30min 5min 30min
1 cycle
-10 /60ćć
10 cycles ——
Mechanical Test
Vibration test Endurance test applying the vibration
during transportation and using.
10~22Hz1.5mmp-p
22~500Hz1.5G
Total 0.5hrs
——
Shock test
Constructional and mechanical endurance
test applying the shock during
transportation.
50G Half sign
wave 11 msedc
3 times of each
direction
——
***Supply voltage for logic system=5V. Supply voltage for LCD system =Operating voltage at 25ć
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