These days, you could be forgiven for thinking driving an LCD from a microcontroller is easy. Cheap displays have proliferated, ready to go on breakout boards with controllers already baked in. Loa… ...

The LCD panel can be used with any Arduino-compatible board, so it can be useful in a whole host of projects. Stick around to see a simple demo of the board in use.

Arduino kits include everything you need to build your own gadgets — with minimal coding knowledge.

This module will investigate creating an interactive side-scrolling game using an Arduino. It will also provide experience with advanced usage of the 16x2 LCD screen and its scrolling capabilities.