LCD Character Displays

Description

Blue Background White Character LCDs
Have an appearance of white / gray letters against a blue background. These are good choices but for projects that will be used primarily  indoors, as good contrast and readability depends on illumination from the backlight.

Gray Background Blue Character LCDs
Gray displays are transflective products that work equally well in daylight, or indoors in darker environments lit by the backlight. So these displays are more universal displays appropriate for products / projects that may be used either indoors or in more brightly lit situations outside.

5 volt displays

5 volt displays are appropriate for use with the LCD the LCD117 serial LCD driver board as well as other 5 volt microcontrollers.

3.3 volt displays

3.3 volt displays are compatible with the JeeLabs LCD Plug, as well as other 5 volt microcontrollers. That that the backlights only, on 3.3volt LCDs may be driven at 5 volts for brighter backlights.

Specifications: 16×2

• Built-in controller (SPLC780D)
• 4-bit or 8-bit MPU interfaces
• 5×8 dot characters with cursor
• 16 character x 2 line display
• Module Size: 80.0mm(L) * 36.0mm(W) * 11.5(H)mm
• Viewing Area: 64.0mm(L)* 14mm(W)
• 5V / 3.3V input models available

Resources

• 5V 16×2 Character LCD Datasheet
• 5V 20×4 Character LCD Datasheet
  Note that the first 2 pins on the datasheet above are labelled incorrectly. Pin 1 should be ground and pin 2 should be VCC. The manufacturer configures the same display differently in some cases.

• LCD117 Command Summary, pdf
• LCD117 command summary, MS Word
• LCD117 LCD Kit Instructions
• LCD Demo for the Arduino language
• LCD Custom Character Generator

Purchase Options

• Assembled LCD117 with Optional LCD Character Display
  includes LCD117 Assembled and Tested, with choice of LCD Character Display
• JeeLabs LCD Plug
  includes LCD Plug Kit, with LCD Character Display selection