Tag: HD44780

DIY Arduino Shield

DIY LCD Shield

An Arduino shield is basically another circuit board that plugs into the Arduino and extends its capabilities in some way. So, of course, if you create your own DIY Arduino, you have to create a DIY Arduino shield. I needed a way to attach an HD44780 LCD to my DIY Arduino so I created a …

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3 PIN HD44780 LCD

LCD Shift Register Circuit

One of the problems of connecting an HD44780 LCD to an arduino is the number of pins taken up (usually 6). There is an older article here for hooking up an HD44780 LCD to an arduino with only 3 pins.  (Note: There is an alternate link here as the original link may be down.) The …

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