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In this project, we will only be using an LCD, Arduino Uno, jumper wires to display text on the LCD. We will use the digital pin 6 to control the contrast value of the LCD. The function to display text on the LCD will be without a potentiometer & Resistor.

Below is a video that goes through all the steps to assembling and running the Arduino Potentiometer Value Display on LCD 16x2 Look the Demonstration video

In every electronic project we must think about what the input and output devices to use, the potentiometer is one of the best known and cheapest, we use the analog input reading due to the interaction of the project with the environment, along with this We must give importance to the output or presentation of the value

The LCD have been powered by Arduino UNO (Board). It contains a code which uploaded to the board. And once it simulated you can see Potentiometer Input Value by rotating it and LCD.

There is Multiple Usage of this Product:-You can came to know how to interface with potentiometerIf you are a beginner than this is very useful for them to get interface with lcdYou can check the value of potentiometer on LCD

Connection of LCDConnect the First pin from the left of LCD (GNDpin) withGND pinof Arduino.Connect the Second pin from the left of LCD (VCC pin) withVCC pinof Arduino.Connect the Third pin from the left of LCD (V0 pin) withGND pinof Arduino.Connect the Fourth pin from the left of LCD (RS pin) with11 pinof Arduino.Connect the Fifth pin from the left of LCD (R/W pin) withGND pinof Arduino.Connect the Sixth pin from the left of LCD (E pin) with10 pinof Arduino.Connect the Eleventh pin from the left of LCD (D4 pin) with5 pinof Arduino.Connect the Twelveth pin from the left of LCD (D5 pin) with4 pinof Arduino.Connect the Thirteen pin from the left of LCD (D6 pin) with3 pinof Arduino.Connect the Fourteenth pin from the left of LCD (D7 pin) with2 pinof Arduino.Connect the Fifteenth pin from the left of LCD (5V pin) with1 K Resistor with 2 pinof Arduino.Connect the Last pin from the left of LCD (GND pin) withGND pinof Arduino.

Connection of PotentiometerConnect the first pin from the left of Potentiometer (GND Pin) withGND Pinof ArduinoConnect the middle pin from of Potentiometer (Output) withGND Pinof ArduinoConnect the last pin from the left of Potentiometer (5V Pin) with5V Pinof Arduino

Uploading and TestingCopy or download the code attached with the project.Don"t forgot to download the LiquidCrystal.h library fromOnce complete setup you will able to control lcd using Potentiometer

Yes, as I say, that error has been simply copied by one "tutorial" after another, and incorporated into the I²C backpacks since it "sort of" works so people think it is OK. But it makes contrast setting more difficult and wastes half a milliamp. That may not seem much to worry about except that the LCD itself uses less than a milliamp and this would be significant it operating from a battery. The backlight of course draws 20 mA.

This is the equivalent of turning the potentiometer all the way to the ground end. In general, it will work and is OK to test if you are having problems (as you are), but generally does not provide the clearest display.

And indeed, if that is the display with no code running, the fact that you get only half a line of blocks demonstrates that the display is definitely faulty.

So the verdict is a dead display. I was a bit puzzled with your original picture and thought you had a 2004 display but of course, it is a 1602. On a 2004, the uninitialised display is "blocks" on the first and third line.

The LCD is plugged into breadboard column J, from rows 15-30. The potentiometer (for LCD contrast) is column E, rows 7-9. The FSR is columns B,D,E, row 1. The Arduino 5V and GND pins attach to the breadboard 5V and GND columns.

With a minor adjustment to the code, one can just read the FSR values in the Arduino serial window. In that case, none of the LCD/potentiometer stuff is needed.

LCD means liquid crystal display. Basically, any displays can be used with Arduino, including alphanumeric character LCD display, monochrome graphic LCD display, color TFT LCD display, IPS LCD display. It can also be used for non LCD displays like: PMOLED display, AMOLED display, E-ink (E-paper) displays.  Orient Display developed easy interface (SPI, I2C) displays which can be easily used with Arduino.

LCD displays were first used for watches and calculators.  Now, LCD display technology dominants the display world, it can be found in wearables, smart homes, mobile phones, TVs, laptops, monitors, kiosks, aircraft cockpit, digital cameras, lab instrument, power grid etc.

LCD itself can emit light itself. It has to utilize outside light sources. LCD display module normally includes LCD glass (or LCD panel), LCD driving circuitry ( can be COG, COB or TAB) and a backlight.

A LCD display 16*2 is actually a basic and simple to use LCD module. It includes LCD glass, COB (Chip on PCB Board) LCD control board, backlight, zebra to connect LCD glass and control board and a bezel to hold everything together.  16×2 LCD display can display 16 characters per line and there are two lines. Each character has 5×7 dot matrix pixels and the cursor underneath. All 16×2 LCD display originally used standard Hitachi HD44780 driver. Of course the legendary HD44780 controller had EOL long time ago. All the 16×2 LCD displays use HD44780 compatible LCD controllers. Some of them are drop replacement, some of them need to modify the initialization code a little.

Pin5 (Read/Write/Control Pin): This pin toggles the display among the read or writes operation, and it is connected to a microcontroller unit pin to get either 0 or 1 (0 = Write Operation, and 1 = Read Operation).

Pins 7-14 (Data Pins): These pins are used to send data to the display. These pins are connected in two-wire modes like 4-bit mode and 8-bit mode. In 4-wire mode, only four pins are connected to the microcontroller unit like 0 to 3, whereas in 8-wire mode, 8-pins are connected to microcontroller unit like 0 to 7.

A 16×2 LCD has two registers like data register and command register. The RS (register select) is mainly used to change from one register to another. When the register set is ‘0’, then it is known as command register. Similarly, when the register set is ‘1’, then it is known as data register.

Command Register: The main function of the command register is to store the instructions of command which are given to the display. So that predefined tasks can be performed such as clearing the display, initializing, set the cursor place, and display control. Here commands processing can occur within the register.

Data Register: The main function of the data register is to store the information which is to be exhibited on the LCD screen. Here, the ASCII value of the character is the information which is to be exhibited on the screen of LCD. Whenever we send the information to LCD, it transmits to the data register, and then the process will be starting there. When register set =1, then the data register will be selected.

The resistor in the diagram above sets the LED backlight brightness. A typical value is 220 Ohms resistor, but other values will work too. Smaller resistors will make the backlight brighter. The potentiometer is used to adjust the screen contrast. I typically use a 10K Ohm potentiometer, but other values will also work.

There are 19 different functions in the LiquidCrystal library available for us to use. These functions do things like change the position of the text, move text across the screen, or make the display turn on or off. What follows is a short description of each function, and how to use it in a program.

The LiquidCrystal() function sets the pins the Arduino uses to connect to the LCD. You can use any of the Arduino’s digital pins to control the LCD. Just put the Arduino pin numbers inside the parentheses in this order:

This function sets the dimensions of the LCD. It needs to be placed before any other LiquidCrystal function in the void setup() section of the program. The number of rows and number of columns are specified as lcd.begin(columns, rows). For a 16×2 LCD, you would use lcd.begin(16, 2), and for a 20×4 LCD you would use lcd.begin(20, 4).

This function clears any text or data already displayed on the LCD. If you use lcd.clear() with lcd.print() and the delay() function in the void loop() section, you can make a simple blinking text program.

Similar, but more useful than lcd.home() is lcd.setCursor(). This function places the cursor (and any printed text) at any position on the screen. It can be used in the void setup() or void loop() section of your program.

The cursor position is defined with lcd.setCursor(column, row). The column and row coordinates start from zero (0-15 and 0-1 respectively). For example, using lcd.setCursor(2, 1) in the void setup() section of the “hello, world!” program above prints “hello, world!” to the lower line and shifts it to the right two spaces:

This function creates a block style cursor that blinks on and off at approximately 500 milliseconds per cycle. Use it in the void loop() section. The function lcd.noBlink() disables the blinking block cursor.

This function turns on any text or cursors that have been printed to the LCD screen. The function lcd.noDisplay() turns off any text or cursors printed to the LCD, without clearing it from the LCD’s memory.

This function takes anything printed to the LCD and moves it to the left. It should be used in the void loop() section with a delay command following it. The function will move the text 40 spaces to the left before it loops back to the first character. This code moves the “hello, world!” text to the left, at a rate of one second per character.

lcd.noAutoscroll() turns the lcd.autoscroll() function off. Use this function before or after lcd.autoscroll() in the void loop() section to create sequences of scrolling text or animations.

This function sets the direction that text is printed to the screen. The default mode is from left to right using the command lcd.leftToRight(), but you may find some cases where it’s useful to output text in the reverse direction.

This command allows you to create your own custom characters. Each character of a 16×2 LCD has a 5 pixel width and an 8 pixel height. Up to 8 different custom characters can be defined in a single program. To design your own characters, you’ll need to make a binary matrix of your custom character from an LCD character generator or map it yourself. This code creates a degree symbol (°).

The detailed LCD tutorial can be found in the article. ARDUINO LCD SET UP AND PROGRAMMING GUIDE or to check https://github.com/arduino-libraries/LiquidCrystal