16Serial LCD Screen
In this project we’ll take a 16×2 character LCD screen and a serial module to create a serial LCD that’s controlled by only two wires.
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PARTS REQUIRED
Arduino board
Female-to-male jumper wires
HD44780 16×2 LCD screen
Serial LCD screen module
LIBRARIES REQUIRED
Wire
LiquidCrystal_I2C
HOW IT WORKS
LCD screens are very useful in projects, but they use up a lot of pins on the Arduino. This means that if you’re incorporating them into a more complex project, you might run out of pins. Thankfully there is a solution: use a serial
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