Graphic LCD Hookup Guide

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Introduction

Remember the days when cell phones were still "dumb," and they had physical keypads and just a tiny monochrome LCD for a display? Now that iPhones, Galaxies, and the like have revolutionized that market, those little LCDs have to find a new purpose in life: adding customized graphical displays to projects!

Graphic LCD Lit Up

These 84x48 pixel black and white LCDs are what you might have found in an old Nokia 3310. They're not flashy, and they don't have a lot of display real-estate. But, they are easy to control. If you're looking to step up your project's user interface (UI) game from simple displays or LEDs, this graphic LCD is a good place to start.

Graphic LCD 84x48 - Nokia 5110

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In this tutorial we'll show how to control these graphic LCDs with just an Arduino and a few wires in between. We'll cover everything from hardware assembly to example code, and beyond.

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