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Interfacing an LCD with an Arduino Board!

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I used my recently purchased Arduino board to interface a Hitachi HD44780 compatible LCD. With Arduino, as usual the code was quite simple. In fact, I spent more time building the circuit than in writing the code.

The only disadvantage I found in the Arduino board was that the PORTD and PORTB sockets have a small gap in between them. Because of this gap, I am not able to evenly fit male-female socket pairs. As a result, I cannot make small home-made Arduino shields using general purpose PCBs.


The result? I had to cut pieces of a circuit board with a hack saw, make 2 thin strips, and then had to solder my connectors over it.

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