June 2016
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
5h 11m
English
Content preview from Arduino Project Handbook
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PROJECT 12: LCD SCREEN WRITER
NOT ONLY IS THERE SOMETHING VERY SATISFYING ABOUT HAVING AN LCD SCREEN DISPLAY YOUR OWN MESSAGES, BUT IT’S ALSO VERY USEFUL.
PARTS REQUIRED
• Arduino board
• Breadboard
• Jumper wires
• 16×2 LCD screen (Hitachi HD44780 compatible)
• 50k-ohm potentiometer
LIBRARIES REQUIRED
• LiquidCrystal
HOW IT WORKS
An LCD (liquid crystal display) screen is made of two sheets of polarizing material with a liquid crystal solution between them. Current passing through the solution creates an image or, in this case, characters. ...