Description

The LCD to Arduino shield allows an Arduino board to view information on a LCD screen with white text on blue backlight.

5 push buttons allow the implementation of projects where the menus are displayed on the LCD and the selections are made by the pressure of the keys, each numbered 1 to 5.

Has shield to a potentimoetre used for adjusting the contrast of the screen and there is also a RESET button to reset the Arduino board.

Map has stackable connector which allows to share signals not used by it.

The LCD uses the controller SPLC780D and has 2 line 16 characters.

Connection

Here are the lists used by LCD shield pins:

• 7: RS - select Register
  6: E - Enable
  5: D4 - High 4-bit data
  4: D5 - High 4-bit data
  3: D6 - High 4-bit data
  2: D7 - 4-bit High data
  A0: Analog Input for buttons

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This product is easy to use with a Arduino board. 

To use this display, you can use the LiquidCrystal library: http://Arduino.cc/en/reference/LiquidCrystal