16×2 LCD Display 1602 Character Display – Green

16×2 LCD Display 1602 Character Display for Arduino – Blue
1602 16×2 Blue Character LCD Display For Arduino is a basic 16 character by 2 lines Alphanumeric display. This LCD 16×2 Character LCD Display has White text on a blue background. Utilizes the extremely common HD44780 parallel interface chipset. Interface code is freely available. You will need Minimum 6 general I/O pins to interface to this LCD screen. Includes LED backlight. Works in 4bit and 8 bit Mode.

Features of Blue 1602 LCD 16×2 Character LCD Display For Arduino:
16 Characters x 2 Lines
Blue Backlight
5×7 Dot Matrix Character + Cursor
HD44780 Equivalent LCD Controller/driver Built-In
4-bit or 8-bit MPU Interface
Standard Type
Works with almost any Microcontroller
Package includes:
1x 1602 16×2 Blue Character LCD Display For Arduino
Pin Configuration:
Pin No: Pin Name: Description
1 Vss (Ground) Ground pin connected to system ground
2 Vdd (+5 Volt) Powers the LCD with +5V (4.7V – 5.3V)
3 VE (Contrast V) Decides the contrast level of display. Grounded to get maximum contrast.
4 Register Select Connected to Microcontroller to shit between command/data register
5 Read/Write Used to read or write data. Normally grounded to write data to LCD
6 Enable Connected to Microcontroller Pin and toggled between 1 and 0 for data acknowledgement
7 Data Pin 0

Data pins 0 to 7 forms a 8-bit data line. They can be connected to Microcontroller to send 8-bit data.

These LCD’s can also operate on 4-bit mode in such case Data pin 4,5,6 and 7 will be left free.

8 Data Pin 1
9 Data Pin 2
10 Data Pin 3
11 Data Pin 4
12 Data Pin 5
13 Data Pin 6
14 Data Pin 7
15 LED Positive Backlight LED pin positive terminal
16 LED Negative Backlight LED pin negative terminal