{"id":5461,"date":"2025-06-11T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trusttronics.com\/product\/character-lcd-16x2-display-module\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:34:12","slug":"character-lcd-16x2-display-module","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/trusttronics.com\/ar\/product\/character-lcd-16x2-display-module\/","title":{"rendered":"Character LCD 16\u00d72 Display Module"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alphanumeric Character LCD display. It presents values in two lines, 16 characters each. It is powered by 5V. It is characterized by extremely simple operation, high availability, and numerous support for many microcontrollers.<\/p>\n<p>Product Description: Character LCD display 2\u00d716 characters<br \/>\nAlphanumeric LCD display. It presents values in two lines, 16 characters in each. It is powered by 5V. It is characterized by extremely simple operation, high availability, and numerous support for many microcontrollers.<\/p>\n<p>Product compatible with Arduino<\/p>\n<p>In a standard set of libraries and sample programs downloaded from the Arduino IDE environment, there is the Liquid Crystal library, which allows to operation presented display.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;text-align:left\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 my-2\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">\n<h5 style=\"margin:0px0px14px;padding:0px;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:22px\">Display pinout description<\/h5>\n<p style=\"margin:0px0px24px;padding:0px\">The<span> <\/span><strong style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-weight: 600\">alphanumeric<\/strong> display has 12 pins, which are not marked on the board. Each of them corresponds in turn to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0px0px30px;padding:0px\">\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px0px3px;line-height:22px\">1 \u2013 VSS \u2013 system ground<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">2 \u2013 VDD \u2013 5V power supply<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">3 \u2013 V0 \u2013 contrast<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">4 \u2013 RS \u2013 select display instruction register (low state) or data register (high state)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">5 \u2013 R\/W \u2013 read (low state) \/ write (high state)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">6 \u2013 E \u2013 unlocking the display<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">7\u202614 \u2013 DB0\u2026DB7 \u2013 data bus<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">15 \u2013 LEDA \u2013 backlight power supply 5 V<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px0px;line-height:22px\">16 \u2013 LEDK \u2013 backlight system common ground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;text-align:left\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 my-2\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">\n<h5 style=\"margin:0px0px14px;padding:0px;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:22px\">Controlling 2\u00d716 Character LCD module<\/h5>\n<p style=\"margin:0px0px24px;padding:0px\">The display can be controlled in four modes:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0px0px30px;padding:0px\">\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px0px3px;line-height:22px\">8-bit without reading the busy flag \u2013 eight lines of the data bus and two control lines (RS, E \u2013 RW connected to GND) are needed for transmission,<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">8-bit with read busy flag \u2013 eight lines of the data bus and three control lines (RS, E, RW) are required for transmission,<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">4-bit with a readout of the busy flag \u2013 for transmission four lines of the data bus and three control lines are needed (RS, E, RW),<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px0px;line-height:22px\">4-bit without readout of the occupancy flag \u2013 for transmission four lines of the data bus and two control lines are needed (RS, E \u2013 RW connected to ground).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0px0px24px;padding:0px\">The most often chosen communication mode is the 4-bit mode without reading the busy flag. Sending half a byte saves valuable I\/O pins of the microcontroller \u2013 only four data lines are used (in 8-bit mode eight of them are occupied). Not reading the busy flag makes it necessary to use software delays, but saves another line \u2013 R\/W. This pin can be permanently connected to the ground because data will be transported only one way \u2013 to the display.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;text-align:left\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 my-2\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px0px24px;padding:0px;text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/botland.store\/img\/art\/inne\/19738_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;cursor: pointer;background: transparent;text-decoration: none\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.botland.store\/img\/art\/inne\/19738_2b.jpg\" alt=\"Wy\u015bwietlacz - widok z ty\u0142u.\" width=\"450\" height=\"230\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;vertical-align: top;max-width: 100%;height: auto;clear: both;text-align: center;position: relative;z-index: 1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;font-style: italic\">The display \u2013 rear view.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 my-2\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">\n<div class=\"col-12\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px\">\n<h5 style=\"margin:0px0px14px;padding:0px;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0px;font-size:16px;line-height:22px\">Technical Specification of the display<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin:0px0px30px;padding:0px\">\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px0px3px;line-height:22px\">Type: alphanumeric LCD display<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">Supply voltage: 5 V<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">Backlight Yellow-Green, black characters (According to your choice)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">Backlight Blue, and white characters (According to your choice)<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">Operating temperature range: from -20\u00b0C to 70\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px;line-height:22px\">Dimensions of one character: 2.45 x 5 mm<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:3px0px0px;line-height:22px\">Module dimensions: 80 x 36 mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0px0px24px;padding:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/makerselectronics.com\/product\/serial-i2c-lcd-daughter-board-module\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;cursor: pointer;background: transparent;text-decoration: none\">Serial I2C LCD Daughter Board Module<\/a><span> <\/span>serve to solve the main problem with using LCD which is the large number of pins required to control the LCD. This is not only annoying but also occupy many useful pins of your Arduino or microcontroller that might be saved for another application<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Character LCD display. It presents values in two lines, 16 characters in each. 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