HD44780 LCDs are the most popular alphanumeric displays in embedded systems. The only downside is that they use six I/O pins in 4-bit nibble mode and as many as 11 pins in 8-bit mode. Earlier Design ...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. introduced the LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 series of microcontrollers — the first ARM® Cortex™-M0 microcontrollers with integrated segment LCD drivers, enabling high contrast and ...

[CNLohr] has been tinkering with some fun parts of late. He’d found out that ordinary LCD screens could be used as simple touch sensors, and he had to try it for himself. He ended up building a little ...

Microchip Technology Inc. announces an expansion of its 8-bit segmented LCD microcontroller (MCU) family with five new devices — the PIC16LF1902/3/4/6/7 (PIC16LF190X) MCUs. Microchip Technology Inc.

The basic 16×2 LCD is an extremely popular component that we’ve seen used in more projects than we could possibly count. Part of that is because modern microcontrollers make it so easy to work with; ...

With the rapid evolution of driver information technology, we can expect the automobile of the future to be equipped with multiple displays, possibly a dozen per car or even more (Fig. 1). These ...