
A31W33128 Series
PRELIMINARY
(December, 2000, Version 0.1)
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AMIC Technology, Inc
Operation of LCD Display Driver
1. Powering ON setting sequence
Recommended Command Setting Sequence:
(1) Set Display OFF : In order to prevent unnecessary characters from being displayed during powering ON of
the power .
The state is changed to the “ Power save mode” after turning on the Display All-Lit ON with
the display OFF.
(2) Set Display All-Lit OFF: Normal display operation and the oscillation start.
(3) Set LCD Power Supply Circuit ON
(4) Set Bias Select
(5) Set Reference Voltage Temperature Compensation Coefficient
(6) End Command Input
(7) Set Duty Select/Alternate Common Output
(8) Set Display Normal/Reverse :
D0 : 0 Normal Display data "1" makes the display be lit.
D0 :
1 Reverse Display data "0" makes the display be lit.
(9) Set Display Start Line address: Changing the display start line allows for page change on the display screen
as well as vertical smooth scroll.
(10) Common Output Sequence
(11) Icon Only Display
(12) Display Data Write: After writing the display data, the column address is automatically incremented. To write
the display data in succession after setting the 1st column address to be written by the COLUMN ADDRESS
SETTING command, the column address is not needed to be set each time. The icon display data is valid for
only D0.
Write “L” or data to be displayed in all display data RAM before turning the display ON.
(13) Display ON
2. Set Powering OFF, Power Save Mode
Set Powering OFF sequence
:
(1) Set Display OFF
(2) Set LCD Power Supply Circuit OFF
Power Save Mode
:
When in Power save mode, the command sleeps the system :
Internal oscillating circuit and LCD power supply circuit are stopped.
The Segment and Common outputs are fixed at VSS level.
The LCD display goes out.
The contents of the display data RAM, the command and the address before the power save mode do not
change.
Combination of Commands
Display ON
Display ON
Display OFF
Display OFF
State
Display All-Lit OFF
Display All-Lit ON
Display All-Lit OFF
Display All-Lit ON
Normal display operation
All-lit display
AII-OFF
Power save