Hello everyone
Am starting my first steps into an Arduino project and am looking for a regular 16 x 2 LCD shield with 4 maybe buttons.
Am no beginner to electronics so have a few LCDs around, but what I can't seem to find is a sort of DIY LCD Shield with a few (4 maybe 6) push buttons.
I know commercial solutions are available but as I have the stuff and the skills to do it though I'd ask.
Am not expecting someone to do it for me, but at the same time don't want to re-invent the wheel.
pumpy:
Hello everyone
Am starting my first steps into an Arduino project and am looking for a regular 16 x 2 LCD shield with 4 maybe buttons.
Am no beginner to electronics so have a few LCDs around, but what I can't seem to find is a sort of DIY LCD Shield with a few (4 maybe 6) push buttons.
I know commercial solutions are available but as I have the stuff and the skills to do it though I'd ask.
Am not expecting someone to do it for me, but at the same time don't want to re-invent the wheel.
So any suggestions?
I'm using an Uno R3.
Thanks.
Most character LCDs we encounter here are fortunately all pin compatible but there are some that are not. Now you have your LCD and want someone's shield kit without the LCD, you are on your own with compatibility issues. If you are sure your LCD has the same pin out as the popular HD44780 displays, you can try my shield if you want. There is a buy option to only get the PCB and two essential parts. You supply buttons and the rest basic parts including LCD.
This is a popular model, which I sold several hundreds (not via popular DIY joints such as sparkfun or adafruit).
Your shield looks good and was one of the non DIY versions I was looking at getting, so maybe!
Tell me, are the boards for the 20 x 4 and 16 x2 the same? Is it just the displays that are different?
Do you do any other colour LCD's?
Thanks again.
The 20X4 shield PCB is bigger but has the same set of hardware and software support. You have a larger display. You can plug the 16X2 display on the larger shield and it still works, just won't be the prettiest shield on the block. If you put a 20X4 screen on the smaller shield, you are covering the buttons.
What other color are you looking for? I only have black text on green background but I can help you determine if another screen is going to work on this shield.