LCD Shield for Arduino.

The LCD Keypad shield is developed for Arduino-compatible boards, to provide a user-friendly interface that allows users to go through the menu, make selections, etc. It consists of a 1602 white character blue backlight LCD. The keypad consists of 5 keys — select, up, right, down, and left.

This is a very popular LCD Keypad shield for Arduino. It can be directly plugged into the Arduino board, no soldering or fly-wiring is needed. It also got 6 buttons (keys) on the shield that can be used to navigate the LCD screen and to "select" actions from a menu on the screen.

Specifications:

• Operating Voltage: 5V
• 16x2 LCD Character Display
• Blue backlight with white characters
• With a contrast adjust potentiometer
• Uses the 4-Bit Arduino LCD Library
• 6 Push Buttons to interface with or control your Arduino
• Industry Standard HD44780 Controller
• Pin used:
  • D4-D7 -> LCD Data transmission
  • D8 -> Register Select
  • D9 -> Enable pin
  • D10 -> Backlight control
• Expanded available I/O pins
• 80 x 56.6 x 13mm

LCD Shield for Arduino Documents:

• Manual
• Schematics
• LCD Datasheet