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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