What sort of LCD should should i be using to go with my Arduino?
I have used the HD44780-compatible LCD in the past, but heard that the Serial Enabled LCDs make life a lot easier.
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What sort of LCD should should i be using to go with my Arduino?
I have used the HD44780-compatible LCD in the past, but heard that the Serial Enabled LCDs make life a lot easier.
Best Answer
It really depends upon what you want to do with the Arduino, besides displaying information on the LCD. Like you, I used an HD44780-compatible LCD for my first project, and while it worked fine, it consumed half of my digital I/O pins, and seriously limited what I could do with my project. If you don't really need a lot of I/O, that can be fine.
On the other hand, if you want to do more than that, a serial LCD interface may make more sense. They cost twice as much, but as you can see from this example, you can daisy chain with I2C.