LCD Display 16x2 White on Blue - DFRobot LCD KeyPad Shield V1.1

Experimenting with various Sensors and other modules to get projects to react to various scenarios is always fun, but we often find ourselves wishing we had more information about what’s happening to make our projects trigger, and instead of just watching a project work as certain criteria are met, we want to actually see precisely what is happening under the hood. This is when it’s time to get yourself a visual display like the DFRobot LCD KeyPad Shield, so that you can get a far better insight into what’s actually happening within your project’s coding, allowing you to learn and enhance your skills even more, even when you’re just making silly desktop toys or other fun things.

The DFRobot 16x2 White on Blue LCD KeyPad Shield is an awesome Arduino Shield that acts like an expansion board for the classic Arduino UNO, Due and similar form factor boards. It plugs directly into the top of an Arduino, and provides an expanded level of functionality, which of course includes a visual display, some onboard buttons, and a good number of extended pins and headers to make your life as a prototype easy. This LCD Shield features a classic 1602 LCD Display for simple but effective visual interfacing, a range of extended digital and analog pins with extended 5V, VCC and GND pins to complement them, and even includes headers for APC/Bluetooth and ICSP for more advanced projects too. This set of features makes it perfect for an exceptionally wide range of projects from simple heads-up displays to customised pocket-gaming devices, and it can even work quite well for on-site data logging and debugging if you know what you’re doing, and all of this is both easy to use and cost effective – making it an amazing choice for Electronics Makers of all skill levels and expertise.

Whether you love to build portable projects and want to equip them with basic but functional displays, want to experiment with how displays and onboard controls can work with Arduino Boards, or have other great ideas on how you plan to use this prototyping-friendly board, then this handy LCD KeyPad Shield is definitely a good choice for you.

Additional Resources:

• To find more insights, information and help with getting started with this awesome module, check out the DFRobot 16x2 LCD KeyPad Shield V1.1 Wiki.

As self-proclaimed “Robo-holics”, DFRobot is a company comprised of over 100 staff members, of which 30% are engineers who love to build robots. It was started in 2008 with the goal of embracing and promoting open-source hardware, with a core focus on Arduino, Raspberry Pi and their very own LattePanda development boards. Since then, DFRobot have manufactured over 1300 unique modules, sensors and components that all work together and complement each other, allowing users like us to enjoy a full spectrum of cutting edge robotics and electronics without having to pay premium prices.

With the primary goal of developing and manufacturing great quality products, while making them accessible to as many people as possible, DFRobot are rapidly becoming one of the most common-place brands in the world of open-source robotics and electronics. With more than 1300 products developed in-house, and an impressive range of different categories and specialisations, there are few brands in the world who can compete in terms of quality, accessibility and genuine innovation.