From 40fdeae490aac54544fa46213c6d6ebd6adaa5b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Romain Porte Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:09:28 +0100 Subject: simplify docs, upgrade readme --- README.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- src/lib.rs | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a6686f9..007943c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,15 +1,25 @@ -A rust crate to interact with the mainline Linux charlcd.c driver. +# charlcd [![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/charlcd.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/charlcd) [![Documentation](https://docs.rs/charlcd/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/charlcd) [![License](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/charlcd.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/charlcd) +A rust crate to interact with the mainline Linux charlcd.c driver. + Or, said boldly: _a crate to **correctly** interact with HD44780 LCD screens on embedded Linux devices_. +# Demo + ![Photo of a test on HD44780 20x4 screen](https://crates.microjoe.org/charlcd/media/docs/test.jpg) +The use of these kinds of photographies is used all over the +[documentation](https://crates.io/crates/charlcd) to explain the before and +after of every available function. Be sure to check them all! + +# Rationale + A lot of developers are relying on userspace libraries to interact with the very popular HD44780 LCD screens, but these implementations are lacking proper abstractions and usually all reimplement the same communication @@ -61,5 +71,17 @@ device entry, while letting the kernel driver implement the communication with the screen — instead of going from scratch and using ioctl over `/dev/i2c-*` like many other libraries do. +# Known bugs + +The charlcd driver is currently not able to report screen size to userspace. +This is mitigated in the library by having a look at the device-tree entries +directly. + +# Going further + For more information about this and a demo on *real hardware*, see [this blog article](https://blog.microjoe.org/2019/hd44780-lcd-i2c-screen-using-linux-mainline-charlcd-driver.html). + +# License + +Apache v2. diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs index f00fed0..f9c4967 100644 --- a/src/lib.rs +++ b/src/lib.rs @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ -#![feature(external_doc)] -#![doc(include = "../README.md")] +//! A rust crate to interact with the mainline Linux charlcd.c driver. mod codes; pub mod custom_char; -- cgit v1.2.3