Hooking up an LCD to the Arduino

The LCD screen that we will be using is an I2C LCD1602.

Hooking up an LCD to the Arduino

This display screen can be programmed to display whatever you want in a 16x2 matrix. This means that the screen (as you will soon find out) has two rows capable of fitting 16 characters in each row.

Before setting up the complete circuit, look at the back of the LCD. Plug in four wires, as follows:

Hooking up an LCD to the Arduino

And then set up the circuit, as follows:

Hooking up an LCD to the Arduino

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