A simple project to display messages on a 16x2 LCD using an ESP32 and the LiquidCrystal_I2C library. This project demonstrates how to initialize and use an I2C-connected LCD with PlatformIO and VSCode ...

I am an experienced embedded software engineer (and Professor) and I was shocked at how difficult this was. Using these devices on Arduino with the Arduino IDE "just works." Pain points for ESP-IDF ...

Assume that you are moving towards a complex microcontroller project bundled with blinkers, beepers, and a display panel. To link a standard 16×2 LCD directly with the microcontroller, for instance ...