LCD Display & Wifi?

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Hi,

Is it possible for the Arduino (or more accurately the ATMega chip) to communicate with a LCD display & a Wifi module at the same time?

I have a project that is currently providing local information via an LCD & I would like to simultaneously provide wifi connectivity to override certain functions via an ESP8266 module but as I'm already using the serial comms I have no idea if this is possible.

Thanks in advance,

Mick.

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There are software serial libraries to get another serial port (if you are not already using soft serial).
You could communicate with the ESP8266 via I2C, as well.

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Thanks very much, I'll have a read.

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Probably, yes. But if you give links to the WiFi module and LCD module you want to use, we can tell you with more certainty. Most LCD module use 6 or 7 digital pins, or they have an i2c backpack. In either case, they don't use serial lines that an esp-01 module would use, for example.