i2c lcd module schematic made in china

I2C_LCD is an easy-to-use display module, It can make display easier. Using it can reduce the difficulty of make, so that makers can focus on the core of the work.

We developed the Arduino library for I2C_LCD, user just need a few lines of the code can achieve complex graphics and text display features. It can replace the serial monitor of Arduino in some place, you can get running informations without a computer.

More than that, we also develop the dedicated picture data convert software (bitmap converter)，now is available to support PC platform of windows, Linux, Mac OS. Through the bitmap convert software you can get your favorite picture displayed on I2C_LCD, without the need for complex programming.

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Connecting an LCD to your Raspberry Pi will spice up almost any project, but what if your pins are tied up with connections to other modules? No problem, just connect your LCD with I2C, it only uses two pins (well, four if you count the ground and power).

In this tutorial, I’ll show you everything you need to set up an LCD using I2C, but if you want to learn more about I2C and the details of how it works, check out our article Basics of the I2C Communication Protocol.

There are a couple ways to use I2C to connect an LCD to the Raspberry Pi. The simplest is to get an LCD with an I2C backpack. But the hardcore DIY way is to use a standard HD44780 LCD and connect it to the Pi via a chip called the PCF8574.

The PCF8574 converts the I2C signal sent from the Pi into a parallel signal that can be used by the LCD. Most I2C LCDs use the PCF8574 anyway. I’ll explain how to connect it both ways in a minute.

I’ll also show you how to program the LCD using Python, and provide examples for how to print and position the text, clear the screen, scroll text, print data from a sensor, print the date and time, and print the IP address of your Pi.

I2C (inter-integrated circuit) is also known as the two-wire interface since it only uses two wires to send and receive data. Actually it takes four if you count the Vcc and ground wires, but the power could always come from another source.

Connecting an LCD with an I2C backpack is pretty self-explanatory. Connect the SDA pin on the Pi to the SDA pin on the LCD, and the SCL pin on the Pi to the SCL pin on the LCD. The ground and Vcc pins will also need to be connected. Most LCDs can operate with 3.3V, but they’re meant to be run on 5V, so connect it to the 5V pin of the Pi if possible.

If you have an LCD without I2C and have a PCF8574 chip lying around, you can use it to connect your LCD with a little extra wiring. The PCF8574 is an 8 bit I/O expander which converts a parallel signal into I2C and vice-versa. The Raspberry Pi sends data to the PCF8574 via I2C. The PCF8574 then converts the I2C signal into a 4 bit parallel signal, which is relayed to the LCD.

Before we get into the programming, we need to make sure the I2C module is enabled on the Pi and install a couple tools that will make it easier to use I2C.

Now we need to install a program called I2C-tools, which will tell us the I2C address of the LCD when it’s connected to the Pi. So at the command prompt, enter sudo apt-get install i2c-tools.

Next we need to install SMBUS, which gives the Python library we’re going to use access to the I2C bus on the Pi. At the command prompt, enter sudo apt-get install python-smbus.

Now reboot the Pi and log in again. With your LCD connected, enter i2cdetect -y 1 at the command prompt. This will show you a table of addresses for each I2C device connected to your Pi:

We’ll be using Python to program the LCD, so if this is your first time writing/running a Python program, you may want to check out How to Write and Run a Python Program on the Raspberry Pi before proceeding.

I found a Python I2C library that has a good set of functions and works pretty well. This library was originally posted here, then expanded and improved by GitHub user DenisFromHR.

There are a couple things you may need to change in the code above, depending on your set up. On line 19 there is a function that defines the port for the I2C bus (I2CBUS = 0). Older Raspberry Pi’s used port 0, but newer models use port 1. So depending on which RPi model you have, you might need to change this from 0 to 1.

The function mylcd.lcd_display_string() prints text to the screen and also lets you chose where to position it. The function is used as mylcd.lcd_display_string("TEXT TO PRINT", ROW, COLUMN). For example, the following code prints “Hello World!” to row 2, column 3:

On a 16×2 LCD, the rows are numbered 1 – 2, while the columns are numbered 0 – 15. So to print “Hello World!” at the first column of the top row, you would use mylcd.lcd_display_string("Hello World!", 1, 0).

You can create any pattern you want and print it to the display as a custom character. Each character is an array of 5 x 8 pixels. Up to 8 custom characters can be defined and stored in the LCD’s memory. This custom character generator will help you create the bit array needed to define the characters in the LCD memory.

By inserting the variable from your sensor into the mylcd.lcd_display_string() function (line 22 in the code above) you can print the sensor data just like any other text string.

These programs are just basic examples of ways you can control text on your LCD. Try changing things around and combining the code to get some interesting effects. For example, you can make some fun animations by scrolling with custom characters. Don’t have enough screen space to output all of your sensor data? Just print and clear each reading for a couple seconds in a loop.

In this Step I cover four (4) animation examples: an animated Emoji, an animated arrow, an animated bouncing ball, going from left to right, and an animated bouncing ball in the same location on the LCD.

Lastly, If we change the ball characters slightly, so they are even more visible, and write them to the same location, and shorten the delay. We bounce the ball, i.e., animate it, in the same LCD location.

WO1602I3 and WO1602I5 are two models of 16 characters by 2 lines of COG LCD P/N WO1602I with PCB board on module. WO1602I3 and WO1602I5 are built in with ST7032i IC; it supports I2C interface. The advantage of WO1602I3/WO1602I5 is having circuit layout on PCB board and with screw holes which make modules can be fixed on customers’ applications easily. Also, there are three kinds of connector pitch sizes of 2.54mm (default), 1.0mm and 0.5mm for options.

The supply voltage for logic (VDD) of WO1602I3 is 3.3V; as to the WO1602I5 is 5V, 1/16 duty circle, 1/5 bias. The module can be operating at temperatures from -20℃ to +70℃; its storage temperatures range from -30℃ to +80℃. WO1602I3 and WO1602I5 are available in FSTN positive Transflective LCD and with White LED backlight; please contact us if you need different types of LCDs or LED combinations.

WO12864K and WO12864K1 models are monochrome COG graphic LCD modules made of 128x64 dot matrix format. WO12864K/WO12864K1 COG Module is built in with ST7565 IC, it supports 8-bit 6800, 8-bit 8080 parallel and 4-wire serial SPI interface, power supply voltage 3V, VOP 9.5V, 1/65 duty. The WO12864K item is adopted ST7565V IC which is built-in with negative voltage, as to the WO12864K1 item is adopted ST7565P IC which is built- in with positive voltage.

This module can be operating at temperatures from -20℃ to +70℃; its storage temperatures range from -30℃ to +80℃. WO12864K/K1 are available in STN Negative, Blue Transmissive LCD and with White LED backlight. Please contact us if you need different types of LCDs or LED combinations.

WO128128A2 model is a round COG LCD display WO128128A model with a PCB board on module. This Round STN COG module is built in with ST75161 IC; it supports 8080 parallel (default), 6800 parallel, 3-wire and 4-wire serial SPI, I2C interface, power supply voltage 3V, 1/136 driving duty, 1/12 BIAS. The advantage of WO128128A2 is having circuit layout on PCB board and with screw holes which make modules can be fixed on customers’ applications easily. Also, there are three kinds of connector pitch sizes of 2.54mm (default), 1.0mm and 0.5mm for options. WO128128A2 also have VDD 5V power supply voltage for optional.

The supply voltage for logic of WO128128A2 is 2.7V to 3.3V, typical value 3V. This module can be operating at temperatures from -20℃ to +70℃; its storage temperatures range from -30℃ to +80℃. WO128128A2 is available in FSTN positive LCD type with white LED backlight. Please contact us if you need different types of LCDs or LED combinations.

WO240128B2 model is a COG LCD display WO240128B model with a PCB board on module, which is made of 240x128 dots. WO240128B2 is built in with ST7586S controller IC; it supports 6800 8-bit (default), 8080 8-bit parallel and serial SPI interface, power supply voltage 3.3V, 1/128 duty, 1/12 Bias. The advantage of WO240128B2 is having circuit layout on PCB board and with screw holes which make modules can be fixed on customers’ applications easily. Also, there are three kinds of connector pitch sizes of 2.54mm (default), 1.0mm and 0.5mm for options. WO240128B2 also have VDD 5V power supply voltage for optional.

This WO240128B2 module can be operating at temperatures from -20℃ to +70℃; its storage temperatures range from -30℃ to +80℃. The WO240128B2 is available for FSTN positive Transflective with white LED backlight. Please contact us if you need different types of LCDs or LED combinations.

WO256128A2 model is a COG LCD display WO256128A model featured with a PCB board on module which is made of 256x128 dots, diagonal size 2.9 inch. WO256128A2 is built in with ST75256 controller IC, it supports 8080 8-bit parallel (default), 6800 8-bit and 4-wire serial SPI and I2C interface, power supply voltage 3.3V, 1/128 duty, 1/12 Bias. The advantage of WO256128A2 is having circuit layout on PCB board and with screw holes which make modules can be fixed on customers’ applications easily. Also, there are three kinds of connector pitch sizes of 2.54mm (default), 1.0mm and 0.5mm for options. WO256128A2 also have VDD 5V power supply voltage for optional.

WO256128A2 module can be operating at temperatures from -20℃ to +70℃; its storage temperatures range from -30℃ to +80℃. The WO256128A2 is available for FSTN positive Transflective with white LED backlight. Please contact us if you need different types of LCDs or LED combinations.

As the maker movement has increasingly grown, we’d like to share the way to use Arduino and begin with controlling the LCD module. Yes, we’d like to start from LCD module instead of installation since makers can find lots of related information from the Internet. So we’ll have less basic introduction here.

After reading this article and manipulating, you will have the basic understanding of I2C bus and LCD, and learn the way to connect modules with Arduino, use basic program to control your LCD module, and think about the applications. The advanced control techniques will be explained in the future articles.

I2C Bus enables 2 devices to communicate with each other in a stable, high-speed, bidirectional way and with the least I/O pins. I2C Bus utilizes 2 lines to communicate, Serial Data Line (SDA) and Serial Clock Line (SCL), so that the protocol I2C uses is also called “bidirectional” protocol.

What’s more special is I2C Bus allows multiple devices to share the common communication lines. Thus, I2C Bus could control the communication function.

Here we use Arduino as the main board to control; pin A4 and A5 on the board are SDA and SCL pins respectively. To use I2C function, you would need to use Wire Library, which is the built-in library of Arduino IDE.

LCD is the abbreviation of liquid-crystal display; it’s a commonly-used display device and utilized everywhere in our daily life, from watches, calculators, TV to bulletin board.

This LCD module is the basic one and the most commonly-used character display; The voltage is 5V. The voltage level Arduino I/O Port uses is 5V so that we choose the LCD module. Besides, the LCD module can display 16 characters per line and there are 2 such lines. Also, the module uses I2C protocol. Thus, there are 4 pins on the module, including Vcc, GND, SDA, and SCL.

It is also easy to connect the wires. Firstly, you need to connect pin Vcc of the module to Arduino pin 5V, connect pin GND to Arduino pin GND, and connect pin SDA to Arduino pin A4. Lastly, connect pin SCL to Arduino pin A5 to complete the wiring.

Before introducing the sample, we’d like you to download the 3rd party libraries of I2C_LCD first. You can download the files here, decompress, and install. In this sample, the version we use is NewliquidCrystal_1.3.4. The followings are the codes we use for this sample.

Then, at the setting of initialization, LCD backlight will be controlled to blink 3 times. The first line will display “ICshop&MakerPRO” for one second, and the second line will display “Hello, Maker!” for 8 seconds. Then all the display will be cleared.

Hope all of you successfully complete the I2C_1602_LCD module display with the description mentioned above. If you failed, please check the wiring or you bought a defective device.

So next, you could think of if you can use the module to make a clock or environment sensors. You might have tons of ideas now! Why don’t you connect a LCD module in your next project?

As a 2inch IPS display module with a resolution of 240 * 320, it uses an SPI interface for communication. The LCD has an internal controller with basic functions, which can be used to draw points, lines, circles, and rectangles, and display English, Chinese as well as pictures.

The 2inch LCD uses the PH2.0 8PIN interface, which can be connected to the Raspberry Pi according to the above table: (Please connect according to the pin definition table. The color of the wiring in the picture is for reference only, and the actual color shall prevail.)

The LCD supports 12-bit, 16-bit, and 18-bit input color formats per pixel, namely RGB444, RGB565, and RGB666 three color formats, this demo uses RGB565 color format, which is also a commonly used RGB format.

For most LCD controllers, the communication mode of the controller can be configured, usually with an 8080 parallel interface, three-wire SPI, four-wire SPI, and other communication methods. This LCD uses a four-wire SPI communication interface, which can greatly save the GPIO port, and the communication speed will be faster.

2. The module_init() function is automatically called in the INIT () initializer on the LCD, but the module_exit() function needs to be called by itself

Python has an image library PIL official library link, it do not need to write code from the logical layer like C, can directly call to the image library for image processing. The following will take 1.54inch LCD as an example, we provide a brief description for the demo.

Today I am going to interface LCD to STM32 using an I2C device (PCF8574). PCF8574can be used as a port extender, to which LCD will be connected. If you haven’t read my previous post about I2C go check that out HERE.

Well you generally don’t but as I mentioned in my previous article that we can connect up to 128 devices on the same I2C line and let’s say we want to connect two different LCDs on the same I2C line, than we can’t use two PCF8574 with same addresses and we need to modify one of them.

As shown in the figure above, first pin of the device is Vsswhich is pin 1 of LCD. So all you have to do is connect first pins of the LCD to Vssabove and rest will connect accordingly. Starting with Vss as first pin, connection is as follows:-

As according to the datasheet of the LCD 16×2, in order to initialize the LCD, we have to use some sequence of commands. The code is commented properly, so that you can understand it better

LCDs are fun and we can use them in Arduino projects to show status messages or to display information like temperature or distance or any value instead of showing them in the serial monitor. In this tutorial we will learn how to connect 16×2 character LCD to Arduino board and how to display information on it.

I2C stands for Inter-Integrated Circuit. Standard LCDs typically require about 12 connections if you want to use it fully to use all its features. Our whole circuit will look complicated and we need to program each pin. It will also require more pins on the Arduino board.

In this tutorial, we will use I2C LCD. I2C LCD comes with a small circuit on the back of the LCD. This circuit has a PCF8574 chip and a built in potentiometer to adjust the LCD backlight. Using the I2C LCD is very simple. We only need two data pins (analog pins) to control the LCD. The picture below is the add on circuit you will find on the back of the I2C LCD. The blue colored cube shaped component is the potentiometer, to control the brightness of the LCD.

If you have the standard LCD, you can buy this add on circuit separately, and easily make your standard LCD into an I2C enabled LCD. Here is the link to buy it from amazon.

The connections for the I2C LCD display is fairly simple. Their are 4 wires we need to connect. 2 of them are for the ground and the power. The other 2 pins are for the SDA and the SCL. The SDA is the Serial Data pin. This pin carries and transmit the data that is going from the Arduino board to the LCD display. The SCL is the Serial Clock pin. This pin synchronizes the data transfer. Just like the shift register, it “clocks” data into the LCD. Both of these pins are connected to the analog pins on the Arduino board.

LCD screens are useful and found in many parts of our life. At the train station, parking meter, vending machines communicating brief messages on how we interact with the machine they are connected to. LCD screens are a fun way to communicate information in Raspberry Pi Pico projects and other Raspberry Pi Projects. They have a big bright screen which can display text, numbers and characters across a 16 x 2 screen. The 16 refers to 16 characters across the screen, and the 2 represents the number of rows we have. We can get LCD screens with 20x2, 20x4 and many other configurations, but 16x2 is the most common.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to connect an LCD screen, an HD44780, to a Raspberry Pi Pico via the I2C interface using the attached I2C backpack, then we will install a MicroPython library via the Thonny editor and learn how to use it to write text to the display, control the cursor and the backlight.

2. Import four librariesof pre-written code. The first two are from the Machine library and they enable us to use I2C and GPIO pins. Next we import the sleep function from Time enabling us to pause the code. Finally we import the I2C library to interact with the LCD screen.from machine import I2C, Pin

3. Create an objecti2c to communicate with the LCD screen over the I2C protocol. Here we are using I2C channel 0, which maps SDA to GP0 and SCL to GP1.i2c = I2C(0, sda=Pin(0), scl=Pin(1), freq=400000)

4. Create a variableI2C_ADDR,which will store the first I2C address found when we scan the bus. As we only have one I2C device connected, we only need to see the first [0] address returned in the scan.I2C_ADDR = i2c.scan()[0]

5. Create an objectlcdto set up the I2C connection for the library. It tells the library what I2C pins we are using, set via the i2c object, the address of our screen, set via I2C_ADDRand finally it sets that we have a screen with two rows and 16 columns.lcd = I2cLcd(i2c, I2C_ADDR, 2, 16)

6. Create a loopto continually run the code, the first line in the loop will print the I2C address of our display to Thonny’s Python Shell.while True:

8. Write two lines of textto the screen. The first will print “I2C Address:” followed by the address stored inside the I2C_ADDR object. Then insert a new line character “\n” and then write another line saying “Tom’s Hardware" (or whatever you want it to say). Pause for two seconds to allow time to read the text.lcd.putstr("I2C Address:"+str(I2C_ADDR)+"\n")

9. Clear the screenbefore repeating the previous section of code, but this time we display the I2C address of the LCD display using its hex value. The PCF8574T chip used in the I2C backpack has two address, 0x20 and 0x27 and it is useful to know which it is using, especially if we are using multiple I2C devices as they may cause a clash on the bus.lcd.clear()

12. Turn the backlight back onand then hide the cursor. Sometimes, a flashing cursor can detract from the information we are trying to communicate.lcd.backlight_on()

13. Create a for loopthat will print the number 0 to 19 on the LCD screen. Note that there is a 0.4 second delay before we delete the value and replace it with the next. We have to delete the text as overwriting the text will make it look garbled.for i in range(20):

Save and runyour code. As with any Python script in Thonny, Click on File >> Saveand save the file to your Raspberry Pi Pico. We recommend calling it i2c_lcd_test.py. When ready, click on the Green play buttonto start the code and watch as the test runs on the screen.

LCD, or Liquid Crystal Displays, are great choices for many applications. They aren’t that power-hungry, they are available in monochrome or full-color models, and they are available in all shapes and sizes.

Waveshare actually has several round LCD modules, I chose the 1.28-inch model as it was readily available on Amazon. You could probably perform the same experiments using a different module, although you may require a different driver.

Another difference is simply with the labeling on the display. There are two pins, one labeled SDA and the other labeled SCL. At a glance, you would assume that this is an I2C device, but it isn’t, it’s SPI just like the Waveshare device.

Open the Arduino folder. Inside you’ll find quite a few folders, one for each display size that Waveshare supports. As I’m using the 1.28-inch model, I selected theLCD_1inch28folder.

Once you do that, you can open your Arduino IDE and then navigate to that folder. Inside the folder, there is a sketch file namedLCD_1inch28.inowhich you will want to open.

Unfortunately, Waveshare doesn’t offer documentation for this, but you can gather quite a bit of information by reading theLCD_Driver.cppfile, where the functions are somewhat documented.

Here is the hookup for the ESP32 and the GC9A01 display.  As with most ESP32 hookup diagrams, it is important to use the correct GPIO numbers instead of physical pins. The diagram shows the WROVER, so if you are using a different module you’ll need to consult its documentation to ensure that you hook it up properly.

The GC9A01 LCD module is a 1.28-inch round display that is useful for instrumentation and other similar projects. Today we will learn how to use this display with an Arduino Uno and an ESP32.

Dear customer, these "I2C LCD Adapter" have a built-in ADDRESS. If you try to run a display and there is no response or nothing is displayed you may have the wrong address in the code you are using. Please use an address of 0x3F.

I2c module which is attached to 20 x 4 lcd, available on your website and this i2c module are basically made of the same chip . Then what is the difference them? You specifically mentioned that it is only for 16 x 2