Arduino projects can help ease the learning curve of getting into programming, and even add some smart functionality to your everyday tasks around the house.

[Kaushlesh Chandel] prototyped a few projects on his Arduino that use an HD44780 Character LCD. Wanting to keep these projects in one piece, but not sacrifice his Arduino board, so he etched his ow… ...

Meanwhile, pre-provided shield templates allow your smartphone’s display to emulate a switch, slider, keypad, or LCD display without you actually having to wire anything up.