Knowledge Base

The OBLCD can display the following non-ASCII characters if supplied the byte code in column 1. This is supported by the OBLCD_Text instruction.

cCharacterDescription/clarification
34Quotation mark
126 →Right arrow
127Left arrow
223°Degree sign
224αsmall alpha
225äa-umlaut
226ßbeta
228µmu
229σsigma
230ρrho
232square root
236¢cent
239öo-umlaut
244Ωomega (ohm symbol)
245üu-umlaut
246ΣSigma
247πpi
248 x-bar
253÷divide sign
255block

For technical reasons we’ve not been able to show all characters in the second column.

Note: OBLCD_SpclChar was used prior to SPLat/PC V7.15.1 to display special characters. That functionality has now been moved to OBLCD_Text. OBLCD_SpclChar is deprecated and should not be used for new programs.