Cheap character LCD displays are more versatile than we give them credit for. Most of the cheapies have a 5×8 character display, which looks blocky but legible when you have an appropriate fon… ...

Posted in clock hacks Tagged 16x2 LCD, arduino, character display, character lcd, digital clock, hd44780, i2c. ... I wired up a character LCD to replace the guts of a old $10 digtal clock.

This is perfect for us, as we need to write bytes to the LCD device managing a timing series of steps (e.g. writing a new character, moving the cursor, etc.) Alphanumeric LCD, the controlled device At ...

Hitachi’s HD44780 based 16×2 character LCD are very cheap and widely available, and is an essential part for any project that displays information. ... (lcd display to arduino wiring) Arduino Setup.