This is commonly called a serial LCD. Being somewhat of an old-timer, I spent a lot of time using and coding for the DEC VT100 display terminals upon which the ECMA-48/ANSI X3.64 standards are based.

The most popular display system widely used in Arduino projects is the liquid crystal display (LCD). LCD displays consists primarily of two sheets of polarized glass plates with a thin layer of liquid ...

The LCD panel can be used with any Arduino-compatible board, so it can be useful in a whole host of projects. Stick around to see a simple demo of the board in use.

Hitachi’s HD44780 based 16×2 character LCD are very cheap and widely available, and is an essential part for any project that displays information. Using the LCD backpack, desired data can be ...

Hard-drive based media players aren't anything new, but hifi equipment actually built from old drives are somewhat rarer. At Hifiduino they're using an Arduino microprocessor… ...

The Arduino Pocket Computer isn’t exactly powerful by modern computer standards. But it has all the features you’d find on an digital organizer from the 1980s or early 90s, including a phone ...

This module will investigate creating an interactive side-scrolling game using an Arduino. It will also provide experience with advanced usage of the 16x2 LCD screen and its scrolling capabilities.