Arduino - LiquidCrystal - Character Creator. Arduino Tutorial - connecting a parallel LCD. Arduino interfacing with the HD44780 LCD « Adams Bros Blog. It became time for me to interface an LCD with my Arduino. I need to generate a handy report of what my various sensors are picking up. The following is an account of my notes on twisting up my HD44780 compatible LCD on the Arduino. Please enjoy. I'm staring at my LCD module. I can hear it saying, "hook me up! ", but I'll have to read a bit first. #1: Identification On the back of the unit, it says:AMC2004A-B-B6NTDW-SP LOT#000542 A little Googling for "AMC2004A-B" and I find that it's an HD44780 compatible LCD. . #2: Figuring The only figuring I need is for the backlight.
. #3: Wiring A little skimming of the spec sheet helps me understand how to wire this up so here we go: Pin No. . #4: Programming The LiquidCrystal Library came with my Arduino 0012 Alpha software package (IDE). #include <LiquidCrystal.h> void loop() { }