From 291335a76502cc7b8f60f9fd54c361475278b650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ortegafernando <ortega.fernando@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:01:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update LiquidCrystal_I2C.cpp

---
 LiquidCrystal_I2C.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/LiquidCrystal_I2C.cpp b/LiquidCrystal_I2C.cpp
index 79f4389..1ab05d0 100644
--- a/LiquidCrystal_I2C.cpp
+++ b/LiquidCrystal_I2C.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ void LiquidCrystal_I2C::createChar(uint8_t location, uint8_t charmap[]) {
 	}
 }
 
+//createChar with PROGMEM input
+void LiquidCrystal_I2C::createChar(uint8_t location, const char *charmap) {
+	location &= 0x7; // we only have 8 locations 0-7
+	command(LCD_SETCGRAMADDR | (location << 3));
+	for (int i=0; i<8; i++) {
+	    write(pgm_read_byte_near(charmap++));
+	}
+}
+
 // Turn the (optional) backlight off/on
 void LiquidCrystal_I2C::noBacklight(void) {
 	_backlightval=LCD_NOBACKLIGHT;