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Basic 16x2 Character LCD - 5V

This is a basic 16 character by 2 line display.
Utilizes the extremely common HD44780 parallel interface chipset (datasheet).
Interface code is freely available.
You will need ~11 general I/O pins to interface to any of these LCD screens.


Dimensions: 8 x 3.6 cm

Yellow on Blue White on Black Red on Black Black on Green RGB Backlight
Blue background and a Yellow backlight.

Documents:

  • GDM1602K.pdf
  • Extended Datasheet
  • mbed Example
  • AVR Example
  • Character Generator
Black background with White characters.

Documents:

  • GDM1602K.pdf
  • Extended Datasheet
  • mbed Example
  • AVR Example
  • Character Generator

Black background and a Red backlight.
 

Documents:

  • GDM1602K.pdf
  • Extended Datasheet
  • mbed Example
  • AVR Example
  • Character Generator

Black text on Green background
 

Documents:

  • GDM1602K.pdf
  • Extended Datasheet
  • mbed Example
  • AVR Example
  • Character Generator
You can change the backlight of this display to any color you want by controlling the three backlight levels.
It also utilizes an extremely common parallel interface so code is freely available.
You will need ~11 general I/O pins to interface to this LCD screen, plus an extra 3 pins for the RGB backlight.

Note: The backlight is controlled by pins 18, 17, and 16.

Documents:

  • Datasheet
  • Arduino Tutorial
  • AVR Example
  • Character Generator
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