chipKIT Tutorial: Using Nokia 5110 LCD

In Tutorial 4, we learnt interfacing an HD44780-based LCD to a chipKIT board for displaying alphanumeric output. Today, we will see how to connect a NOKIA 5110 graphical LCD (used in Nokia 5110 cell phones), which is a 84×48 pixel monochrome display of about 1.5″ diagonal in size. The display can be used for graphics, text, and bitmaps.

chipKIT Tutorial Using Nokia 5110 LCD

Theory

Nokia 5110 LCD was used in Nokia’s popular 5110 and 3310 model cell phones. It is a 48×84 pixels matrix LCD driven by the low-power PCD8544 controller chip. It is powered by 3.3V and includes on-chip generation of LCD supply and bias voltages, thus requiring minimum external components for its operation. The PCD8544 receives display data and commands from a microcontroller through a serial bus interface. There are multiple Nokia 5110 LCD modules in the market; they all come pre-mounted on a PCB and look similar but the pin arrangements might be different in some modules. This is a very popular display among the Arduino community because of its low cost (~$3 on eBay) and simplicity to use with easily available open-source libraries. The LCD requires 5 I/O pins for full control. The pins available in almost every Nokia 5110 LCD modules are listed below:

  1. RST: Display reset input
  2. CE: Chip enable input
  3. DC: Data or Command select signal
  4. DIN: Serial data input
  5. CLK: Clock input
  6. VCC: 3.3V power supply
  7. BL: Backlight LED anode (connect to 3.3V)
  8. GND: Power supply ground

Circuit Setup

For this experiment, we are using chipKIT Uno32 pins 8 through 12 to drive the data and signal lines of the Nokia 5110 LCD module. The connections are made as follows:

Pin connections between Nokia 5110 LCD and chipKIT Uno32

We will also connect a DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor to the chipKIT Uno32 to add more fun to our experiment. DHT22 is a low-cost temperature and humidity sensor that provides calibrated digital outputs through a single wire digital interface. The following figure shows the pin diagrams of the DHT22 sensor.

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