Instruction Set
The HD44780 instruction set is shown below:
| Instruction | Code | Description | Execution time (max) (when fcp = 270 kHz) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS | R/W | B7 | B6 | B5 | B4 | B3 | B2 | B1 | B0 | |||
| Clear display | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Clears display and returns cursor to the home position (address 0). | 1.52 ms |
| Cursor home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | Returns cursor to home position. Also returns display being shifted to the original position. DDRAM content remains unchanged. | 1.52 ms |
| Entry mode set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | I/D | S | Sets cursor move direction (I/D); specifies to shift the display (S). These operations are performed during data read/write. | 37 μs |
| Display on/off control | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | D | C | B | Sets on/off of all display (D), cursor on/off (C), and blink of cursor position character (B). | 37 μs |
| Cursor/display shift | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | S/C | R/L | * | * | Sets cursor-move or display-shift (S/C), shift direction (R/L). DDRAM content remains unchanged. | 37 μs |
| Function set | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | DL | N | F | * | * | Sets interface data length (DL), number of display line (N), and character font (F). | 37 μs |
| Set CGRAM address | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | CGRAM address | Sets the CGRAM address. CGRAM data are sent and received after this setting. | 37 μs | |||||
| Set DDRAM address | 0 | 0 | 1 | DDRAM address | Sets the DDRAM address. DDRAM data are sent and received after this setting. | 37 μs | ||||||
| Read busy flag & address counter |
0 | 1 | BF | CGRAM/DDRAM address | Reads busy flag (BF) indicating internal operation being performed and reads CGRAM or DDRAM address counter contents (depending on previous instruction). | 0 μs | ||||||
| Write CGRAM or DDRAM |
1 | 0 | Write Data | Write data to CGRAM or DDRAM. | 37 μs | |||||||
| Read from CG/DDRAM | 1 | 1 | Read Data | Read data from CGRAM or DDRAM. | 37 μs | |||||||
| Instruction bit names — I/D - 0 = decrement cursor position, 1 = increment cursor position; S - 0 = no display shift, 1 = display shift; D - 0 = display off, 1 = display on; C - 0 = cursor off, 1 = cursor on; B - 0 = cursor blink off, 1 = cursor blink on ; S/C - 0 = move cursor, 1 = shift display; R/L - 0 = shift left, 1 = shift right; DL - 0 = 4-bit interface, 1 = 8-bit interface; N - 0 = 1/8 or 1/11 duty (1 line), 1 = 1/16 duty (2 lines); F - 0 = 5×8 dots, 1 = 5×10 dots; BF - 0 = can accept instruction, 1 = internal operation in progress. |
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