Arduino LCD Birthday CardAuthor: arduino421

Parts relevant to this projectArduino (1)

LCD-Display (1)

10K Potentiometer (1)

Hook-up wire (16)

Solderless breadboard (1)

Paper Birthday cards are boring...

Let´s build a "Arduino LCD Birthday card"!

Arduino LCD Birthday Card

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Step 1 - That´s the material you need:Arduino, LCD-Display, 10K Potentiometer, USB-Cable, some Hook-Up Wires and a solderless breadboard

Step 2 First we connect the 5V and the Ground to the rails of the breadboard.Then we stick on the potentiometer and connect it to 5V and Ground.

Step 3 Now we stick on the Display and connect it to 5V(second pin) and Ground(first pin).We connect the third pin of the LCD to the "WIPER(=Middle pin)" of the potentiometer

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Step 4 Now turn the backlight on! Connect the sixteenth pin to Ground and the fithteenth pin to 5V.Plug in the USB-Cable and you see that the backlight is lighting up!

Step 5 Now its time to connect the data!See next step to see the connections!

Step 6 Display Pin|Arduino Pin4|125|116|107/8/9/10|No connection11|712|613|5 and 14|4

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Step 7 Now its time to program Arduino!

Step 8 Now its finish! Print a sweet frame, cut it out and put it over the LCD.

This document was last generated on Jun 19, 2011.

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