Your everyday garden variety Arduino is the hero here, sitting between the computer’s USB port and the display to make the magic happen. Using the ‘LCD Smartie‘ software, the display can ...

This allows connection to your Arduino (or other microcontroller) using only four channels. Yippee! Hitachi’s HD44780 based 16×2 character LCD are very cheap and widely available, and is an essential ...

[Andy Brown] wrote in to show off the TFT LCD adapter he’s been working on for connecting inexpensive displays to an Arduino Mega. These TFT LCD screens can be picked up on eBay for a few dollars.

The tiny handheld console features a round display and is powered ... for this project are minimal: an Arduino, a 1.28″ round GC9A01-driven TFT LCD, a handful of jumper wires, and a few buttons.