Interfacing an LCD with Arduino
I used my recently purchased Arduino board to interface a Hitachi HD44780 compatible LCD. With Arduino, as usual the code was quite simple. In fact, I spent more time building the circuit than in writing the code.
The only disadvantage I found in the Arduino board was that the PORTD and PORTB sockets have a small gap in between them. Because of this gap, I am not able to evenly fit male-female socket pairs. As a result, I cannot make small home-made Arduino shields using general purpose PCBs.
The result? I had to cut pieces of a circuit board with a hack saw, make 2 thin strips, and then had to solder my connectors over it. Anyway, here it is, a picture of it I took after making it.
LCD interfaced with Arduino
P.S. I am trying to learn how to post normal text files into wordpress. Seems like wordpress accepts only pdf and doc files. Once I figure out how, I shall post the source code to all my projects here.
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