These days, you could be forgiven for thinking driving an LCD from a microcontroller is ... Instead, [Ivan] decided to drive it directly from an Arduino Uno. This is easier said than done.

To link a standard 16×2 LCD directly with the microcontroller, for instance Arduino, you would need atleast 6 I/O pins to talk to the LCD. However, if you use an LCD module with I2C interface, you ...

As promised in the first part of this article, now it is time to see in detail how we can use the Alphanumeric LCD Display in our Arduino ... when compiled for Arduino UNO or Arduino Duemilanove, ...

The 16×2 LCD display is a classic in the microcontroller world, and for good reason. Add a couple of wires, download a library, mash out a few lines of code, and your project has a user interface.