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Note: the clear() method must be called before these characters are used.

The pointer picture_ptr must be a pointer to an 8 byte array in program space containing the picture data. Bit

0 of byte 0 is the upper-right pixel of the 5×8 character, and bit 4 of byte 7 is the lower-left pixel. The example

below demonstrates how to construct this kind of array.

Example:

#include <avr/pgmspace.h>

// the PROGMEM macro comes from the pgmspace.h header file

// and causes the smile pointer to point to program memory instead

// of RAM

const char smile[] PROGMEM = {

0b00000,

0b01010,

0b00000,

0b10001,

0b01110,

0b00000

};

void setup()

{

// set character 3 to a smiley face

lcd_load_custom_character(smile, 3);

// in C++: OrangutanLCD::loadCustomCharacter(smile, 3);

// clear the lcd (this must be done before we can use the above character)

clear();

// in C++: OrangutanLCD::clear();

// display the character

print_character(3);

// in C++: OrangutanLCD::print((char)3);

}

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