Function Description

ST7920 LCD controller/driver IC can display alphabets, numbers, Chinese fonts and self-defined characters. It supports 3 kinds of bus interface, namely 8-bit, 4-bit and serial. All functions, including display RAM, Character Generation ROM, LCD display drivers and control circuits are all in a one-chip solution. With a minimum system configuration, a Chinese character display system can be easily achieved.

ST7920 includes character ROM with 8192 16x16 dots Chinese fonts and 126 16x8 dots half-width alphanumerical fonts. Besides, it supports 64x256 dots graphic display area for graphic display (GDRAM). Mix-mode display with both character and graphic data is possible. ST7920 has built-in CGRAM and provide 4 sets software programmable 16x16 fonts.