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Arduino LED Display with custom character

How to display custom character on LCD Display with I2C Module

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Arduino LED Display with custom character

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Arduino LED Display with custom character

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Arduino LED Display with custom character
//..................JEHANKANDY....................................

// include the library code:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

// make some custom characters:
byte Heart[8] = {
0b00000,
0b01010,
0b11111,
0b11111,
0b01110,
0b00100,
0b00000,
0b00000
};

byte Bell[8] = {
0b00100,
0b01110,
0b01110,
0b01110,
0b11111,
0b00000,
0b00100,
0b00000
};


byte Alien[8] = {
0b11111,
0b10101,
0b11111,
0b11111,
0b01110,
0b01010,
0b11011,
0b00000
};

byte Check[8] = {
0b00000,
0b00001,
0b00011,
0b10110,
0b11100,
0b01000,
0b00000,
0b00000
};

byte Speaker[8] = {
0b00001,
0b00011,
0b01111,
0b01111,
0b01111,
0b00011,
0b00001,
0b00000
};


byte Sound[8] = {
0b00001,
0b00011,
0b00101,
0b01001,
0b01001,
0b01011,
0b11011,
0b11000
};


byte Skull[8] = {
0b00000,
0b01110,
0b10101,
0b11011,
0b01110,
0b01110,
0b00000,
0b00000
};

byte Lock[8] = {
0b01110,
0b10001,
0b10001,
0b11111,
0b11011,
0b11011,
0b11111,
0b00000
};

void setup() 
{
  // initialize LCD and set up the number of columns and rows: 
  lcd.begin(16, 2);

  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(0, Heart);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(1, Bell);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(2, Alien);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(3, Check);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(4, Speaker);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(5, Sound);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(6, Skull);
  // create a new character
  lcd.createChar(7, Lock);

  // Clears the LCD screen
  lcd.clear();

  // Print a message to the lcd.
  lcd.print("Custom Character");
}

// Print All the custom characters
void loop() 
{ 
  lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(0));

  lcd.setCursor(2, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(1));

  lcd.setCursor(4, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(2));

  lcd.setCursor(6, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(3));

  lcd.setCursor(8, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(4));

  lcd.setCursor(10, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(5));

  lcd.setCursor(12, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(6));

  lcd.setCursor(14, 1);
  lcd.write(byte(7));
}

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