private const string RowPadding = " "; // 20 chars
#endregion Fields
#region Methods
/// <summary>
/// 20x4 LCDs wrap rows in order 0->2->1->3 due to its memory configuration. This compensates by modifiying the string to write.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lcd">
/// The lcd module.
/// </param>
/// <param name="text">
/// The text to write to the LCD.
/// </param>
public static void Write20X4(Lcd lcd, string text)
{
lcd.Clear();
lcd.Home();
var memoryMappedText = text.Substring(0, Math.Min(text.Length, 20));
if (text.Length > 40)
{
memoryMappedText += PadRight(text.Substring(40, Math.Min(text.Length - 40, 20)));
memoryMappedText += PadRight(text.Substring(20, Math.Min(text.Length - 20, 20)));
if (text.Length > 60)
{
memoryMappedText += text.Substring(60, Math.Min(text.Length - 60, 20));
}
}
else if (text.Length > 20)
{
memoryMappedText += RowPadding;
memoryMappedText += PadRight(text.Substring(20, Math.Min(text.Length - 20, 20)));
}
lcd.Write(memoryMappedText);
}