To display text, just send ASCII characters! There are a few special characters to note:

  • New line character (0x0A or '\n') will fill the rest of the current row with spaces (to blank it) and move to the next line
  • Carriage return (0x0D or '\r') is not listened to
  • Backspace (0x08) will back up the character one space and replace the last character with a space to erase it.

There are also a bunch of special commands, see below for how to send those commands below.

The only character that is 'special' is 0xFE which is the 'command start' character.

This guide was first published on Feb 06, 2013. It was last updated on Mar 08, 2024.

This page (Sending Text) was last updated on Feb 06, 2013.

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