The LCD panel can be used with any Arduino-compatible board, so it can be useful in a whole host of projects. Stick around to see a simple demo of the board in use.

Assume that you are moving towards a complex microcontroller project bundled with blinkers, beepers, and a display panel. To link a standard 16×2 LCD directly with the microcontroller, for instance ...

Instead, a virtual version of the hardware has been built into a web interface. [Tobie’s] part of the hack is to use an Arduino and a few buttons as the controller.