MSP430G2552 with HD44780 16x2 LCD Panel

[AmateurDesign]

Hey there, this is my first time posting here. I definitely appreciate any and all help.

I've got a TI MSP430G2552 microcontroller that I am using, leftover from a class last semester. I also have a 16x2 LCD with the HD44780 controller/driver. I'm building the library and C files inside of Code Composer 10.4.
Despite my best attempts to get something to display on this LCD, I have been wholly unsuccessful.

I've been attempting to use the library files from this source:

MSP430 HD44780 Controller Software - nikosapi.org wiki

nikosapi.org

The above link was found from this site, which has several broken links from who knows how long ago:

C Library for HD44780 LCD Display Controller

C Library for HD44780 LCD Display Controller: Hello all, I have started working with Texas Instruments MSP430 value line micro controllers. I still enjoy working with Ardunio but I can pick up a 16 bit TI MSP-EXp430G2 for $9.95. Texas Instruments is a large company and has really embraced th…

www.instructables.com

Anytime I build the files, I get an error:

I have ensured that I my circuit has the LCD in 4-bit mode (versus 8-bit), though I'm indifferent to that.

Has anyone done this or had any success? I will gladly provide more information as requested, but am stumped right now. I've been fooling around with this silly thing for a good month or so with no success.

Thank you for any and all help!

 

[rjenkinsgb]

I don't use that CPU, but it appears the compiler is simply not seeing the LCD library files?

Try just including all three (.h, config.h & c file) at the start of you own program, so all data and functions are available to the compiler before anything is referenced in your code.

 

[Ian Rogers]

I have seen your post on AAC... If you let us see how you have referenced your library functions we can help... How have you included the functions? I normally just place them in the main code.


The example given on the wiki page is complete... Just use that and expand to your needs.

 

[AmateurDesign]

Hey, thanks for both of you replies. I've decided to step back and read these two bits of documentation on LCDs:

http://www.wizard.org/auction_support/lcd1.pdf

http://www.wizard.org/auction_support/lcd2.pdf

On the AAC site, a user has suggested that I write my own library files versus using existing ones. I was a bit hesitant to do so, because of the complexity that I thought it might entail. But it might not be as difficult as I'm making it.

I will follow up once I've gotten a bit of progress! Thanks again