3-Wire LCD driver for CCS PIC C compiler

Generally the LCD display needs at least 6 data lines to operate. But there are some microcontrollers don’t have this number of available pins like the PIC12F family, which means that we have to find a solution to decrease the number of pins used by the LCD display.
The idea is sending data serially to the LCD display via shift register, this shift register is serial-in parallel-out which receives serial data from the microcontroller via two pins data pin and clock pin.
Any serial-in parallel out shift register can be used for example: 74HC595, 74HC164, CD4094 (HEF4094)… Circuit schematics are below.

3-Wire LCD driver CCS C source code:
This is the full C code of the driver.
This driver tested with 1602 (16×2) LCD and 2004 (20×4) with crystal frequencies 8MHz and 48MHz.

Or you can download the driver .C file from the following link:
3-Wire LCD driver

It is easy to add this file to your project just put it in your project folder or in the CCS PIC C driver folder.
As any file driver the 3-wire LCD driver must be included using the following line:
#include <3WireLCD.c>

3-Wire LCD CCS C driver routines:
When the 3-wire Lcd driver is used, the following variables must be declared as in this example where the data line mapped at RB0,the clock line at RB1 and the enable line at RB2:
#define LCD_DATA_PIN PIN_B0
#define LCD_CLOCK_PIN PIN_B1
#define LCD_EN_PIN PIN_B2
The driver routines are described below:
LCD_Initialize();  // Must be called before any other function.
LCD_GOTO(unsigned int8 col, unsigned int8 row);  // Set write position on LCD (upper left is 1,1 and second row first position is 1,2)
LCD_Out(unsigned int8 LCD_Char);  // Display Char on the LCD.
LCD_Cmd(unsigned int8 Command);  // Send a command to the LCD
The following commands can be used with LCD_Com() (example: LCD_Com(LCD_CLEAR);)
LCD_FIRST_ROW                          Move cursor to the 1st row
LCD_SECOND_ROW                    Move cursor to the 2nd row
LCD_THIRD_ROW                         Move cursor to the 3rd row
LCD_FOURTH_ROW                     Move cursor to the 4th row
LCD_CLEAR                                    Clear display
LCD_RETURN_HOME                    Return cursor to home position, returns a shifted display to                                                                           its original position. Display data RAM is unaffected.
LCD_CURSOR_OFF                        Turn off cursor
LCD_UNDERLINE_ON                   Underline cursor on
LCD_BLINK_CURSOR_ON             Blink cursor on
LCD_MOVE_CURSOR_LEFT           Move cursor left without changing display data RAM
LCD_MOVE_CURSOR_RIGHT        Move cursor right without changing display data RAM
LCD_TURN_ON                              Turn Lcd display on
LCD_TURN_OFF                             Turn Lcd display off
LCD_SHIFT_LEFT                            Shift display left without changing display data RAM
LCD_SHIFT_RIGHT                          Shift display right without changing display data RAM

3-Wire LCD circuit schematic:
The hardware circuit is simple all what we need is a shift register (74HC595, 74HC164, CD4094).

3-Wire LCD using 74HC595 shift register:
The following circuit schematic shows the connection circuit between the LCD, 74HC595 and the microcontroller.

3-Wire LCD using 74HC164 shift register:
The following circuit schematic shows 3-wire LCD connection using 74HC164 shift register.

3-Wire LCD using 74HC4094 (HEF4094, CD4094) shift register:
The following circuit for LCD display connection with HEF4094 shift register.

Example:
The following URL shows how to interface PIC16F877A microcontroller with 3-wire LCD.
Interfacing PIC16F877A with 3-wire LCD