charlcd_customcharacter.py

"""Display a custom character"""
import board
import digitalio
import adafruit_character_lcd.character_lcd as characterlcd

# Modify this if you have a different sized character LCD
lcd_columns = 16
lcd_rows = 2

# Metro M0/M4 Pin Config:
lcd_rs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D7)
lcd_en = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D8)
lcd_d7 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D12)
lcd_d6 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D11)
lcd_d5 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D10)
lcd_d4 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D9)
lcd_backlight = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D13)

# Initialise the LCD class
lcd = characterlcd.Character_LCD_Mono(lcd_rs, lcd_en, lcd_d4, lcd_d5, lcd_d6,
                                      lcd_d7, lcd_columns, lcd_rows, lcd_backlight)

checkmark = bytes([0x0, 0x0, 0x1, 0x3, 0x16, 0x1c, 0x8, 0x0])

# Store in LCD character memory 0
lcd.create_char(0, checkmark)

lcd.clear()
lcd.message = "\x00"