8x2 Character LCD - Black Bezel (Parallel Interface)

This compact 8 x 2 LCD is great for small microcontroller projects where you want more than just a blinking LED for feedback. This unit uses the standard HD44780 parallel interface and features a black bezel .

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Description

Dimensions (in mm) for the 8x2 character LCD

Overview

This little 8-character, 2-line parallel liquid crystal display is a generic equivalent of the Optrex DMC-50448N-AAE-AD LCD. It is incorporated into our Orangutan SV-328 robot controllers, some versions of our A-Star 32U4 Prime microcontroller boards, and our Zumo 32U4 and 3pi robots. It uses the common HD44780 interface, so sample interface code is widely available for a variety of microcontrollers. This is the smallest package we know of for this familiar interface.

You can find sample HD44780 LCD interface code written for a variety of AVR microcontrollers as part of the Pololu AVR library.

8x2 parallel character LCD – black bezel with text on display

Pinout

Pin Symbol Function
1 Vss ground (0 V)
2 Vdd 5 V logic supply voltage
3 Vo contrast adjustment
4 RS H/L register select signal
5 R/W H/L read/write signal
6 E H/L enable signal
7-14 DB0 – DB7 H/L data bus for 4- or 8-bit mode

Note: some of our pictures show pins soldered to the LCD PCB, but this item ships without pins (the pads are standard 0.1″ spacing), connectors, or cables.


Specifications

Dimensions

Size: 40 x 35 x 7 mm
Viewing area: 30 x 14 mm
Dot size: 0.5 x 0.5 mm
Character size: 2.78 x 4.49 mm
Weight: 12 g

General specifications

Minimum logic voltage: 4.5 V
Maximum logic voltage: 5.5 V
Supply current: 2 mA

Resources

File downloads

Optrex DMC50448N-AAE-AD datasheet (109k pdf)
Our 8×2 LCD is a generic equivalent of the Optrex DMC50448N-AAE-AD LCD, so the specifications and characteristics listed in Optrex’s datasheet apply.
HD44780 interface datasheet (330k pdf)
This document details the HD44780 parallel interface that is an industry standard for dot-matrix LCDs.

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