ESP8266 Arduino connected to PCD8544/5110 LCD display showing weather from Weather Underground
| USB TTL | Huzzah ESP8266 | PCD8544/Nokia 5110 | Description |
|---|
|GND |GND |Ground
|3V |VCC |3.3V from Huzzah to display
|14 |CLK |Output from ESP SPI clock
|13 |DIN |Output from ESP SPI MOSI to display data input
|12 |D/C |Output from display data/command to ESP
|#5 |CS |Output from ESP to chip select/enable display
|#4 |RST |Output from ESP to reset display
|15 |LED |3.3V to turn backlight on, GND off
GND (blk) |GND | |Ground 5V (red) |V+ | |5V power from PC or charger TX (green)|RX | |Serial data from IDE to ESP RX (white)|TX | |Serial data to ESP from IDE
- [Fork of Adafruit PCD8544 library with changes for ESP8266] (https://github.com/bbx10/Adafruit-PCD8544-Nokia-5110-LCD-library/tree/esp8266). Use the esp8266 branch!
- Adafruit GFX library. Use the Arduino IDE Library Manager to get the latest version
- Arduino JSON library. Use the Arduino IDE Library Manager to get the latest version
- ESP8266 board package. Use the stable version. https://github.com/esp8266/arduino#stable-version-
The libraries and board package should be installed using the IDE library and board managers.
- IDE 1.6.8
- Adafruit GFX library 1.1.5
- ArduinoJSON library 5.1.1
- ESP8266 board package 2.1.0
- Fork of Adafruit PCD8544 library 1.0.0 with ESP8266 changes. Download the ZIP file from the
following link then use the IDE
Sketch | Include Library | Add .ZIP Libraryoption to install it.
https://github.com/bbx10/Adafruit-PCD8544-Nokia-5110-LCD-library/tree/esp8266