MicroBlaze Development Kit Spartan-3E 1600 Edition User Guide
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Chapter 5
Character LCD Screen
Overview
The Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development Kit board has been designed with a 16 pin
female header connector. The Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development board is shipped with
a 2x16 LCD display attached, but any standard LCD display can be attached to this
connector.
The Spartan-3E MicroBlaze Development Kit board prominently features a 2-line by 16-
character liquid crystal display (LCD). The FPGA controls the LCD via the 4-bit data
interface or 8 bit data interface in shown
Figure 5-1
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Figure 5-1:
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