Description
Features:
LCD display module with blue backlight
Wide viewing angle and high contrast
Built-in industry standard HD44780 equivalent LCD controller
LCM type: Characters
Can display 2-lines x 16-characters
Operate with 5V DC
Material: FR4 + LCD
Commonly used in: copiers, fax machines, laser printers, industrial test equipment, networking equipment such as routers and storage devices
Pins of LCD1602 and their functions:
VSS: connected to ground
VDD: connected to a +5V power supply
VO: to adjust the contrast
RS: A register select pin that controls where in the LCD’s memory you are writing data to. You can select either the data register, which holds what goes on the screen or an instruction register, which is where the LCD’s controller looks for instructions on what to do next.
R/W: A Read/Write pin to select between reading and writing mode
E: An enabling pin that, when low-level energy is supplied, causes the LDC module to execute relevant instructions. D0-D7: to read and write data
A and K: Pins that control the LCD backlight