esphome-docs/components/display/tm1621.rst

TM1621 LCD Display
========================

.. seo::
    :description: Instructions for setting up TM1621 LCD Display.
    :image: tm1621.jpg

The ``tm1621`` display platform allows you to use the popular TM1621 LCD display drivers with ESPHome, that can find in Sonoff device like THR316D, THR320D, POWR316D or POWR320D

.. figure:: images/tm1621-full.jpg
    :align: center
    :width: 75.0%

    TM1621 LCD Display.

The LCD have four signal, ``cs`` for chip select, ``data`` for data signal, ``read`` for reading data dir and ``write`` for writing data dir


.. code-block:: yaml

    # Example configuration entry
    display:
      platform: tm1621
      id: tm1621_display
      cs_pin: GPIOXX
      data_pin: GPIOXX
      read_pin: GPIOXX
      write_pin: GPIOXX
      lambda: |-
        it.printf(0, "%.1f", id(my_sensor1).state);
        it.display_celsius(true);
        it.printf(1, "%.1f", id(my_sensor2).state);
        it.display_humidity(true);

Configuration variables:
------------------------

- **cs_pin** (**Required**, :ref:`Pin Schema <config-pin_schema>`): The pin you have the CS line.
- **data_pin** (**Required**, :ref:`Pin Schema <config-pin_schema>`): The pin you have the DATA line.
- **read_pin** (**Required**, :ref:`Pin Schema <config-pin_schema>`): The pin you have the READ line.
- **write_pin** (**Required**, :ref:`Pin Schema <config-pin_schema>`): The pin you have the WRITE line.
- **lambda** (*Optional*, :ref:`lambda <config-lambda>`): The lambda to use for rendering the content on the TM1621.
  See :ref:`display-tm1621_lambda` for more information.
- **update_interval** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-time`): The interval to re-draw the screen. Defaults to ``1s``.
- **id** (*Optional*, :ref:`config-id`): Manually specify the ID used for code generation.

.. _display-tm1621_lambda:

Rendering Lambda
----------------

The TM1621 has a similar API to the fully fledged :ref:`display-engine`, but it's only a subset as the TM1621
LCD displays don't have a concept of individual pixels. In the lambda you're passed a variable called ``it``
as with all other displays. In this case however, ``it`` is a TM1621 instance (see API Reference).

The most basic operation with the TM1621 is wiring a simple number to the screen as in the configuration example
at the top of this page. But even though you're passing in a string (here ``"0123"``), ESPHome converts it
into a representation that the TM1621 can understand.

Each of the three methods (``print`` and ``printf``) all optionally take a the line number (0 for first line and 1 for the second).
This argument is ``0`` by default.

Also note that the ``.`` (dot) character is special because when ESPHome encounters it in the string the dot
segment of the previous position will be enabled.

.. code-block:: yaml

    display:
      - platform: tm1621
        # ...
      lambda: |-
        it.printf(0, "%.1f", id(my_sensor1).state);
        it.display_celsius(true);
        it.printf(1, "%.1f", id(my_sensor2).state);
        it.display_humidity(true);


Please see :ref:`display-printf` for a quick introduction into the ``printf`` formatting rules.

Also we have five function to display or not some unites:
  - °C on the first line : ``display_celsius(bool)``
  - °F on the first line : ``display_fahrenheit(bool)``
  - %HR on the second line : ``display_humidity(bool)``
  - V on the first line and A on the second line : ``display_voltage(bool)``
  - kW/h on the first line and W on the second line : ``display_kwh(bool)``

See Also
--------

- :doc:`index`
- :apiref:`tm1621/tm1621.h`
- :ghedit:`Edit`