LCD Shield for Arduino

Description

A Simple LCD Shield. Add a 16x2 LCD to your Arduino Board with this LCD Shield. The LCD shield connects a lcd to pins 8,9,10,11,12 & 13 of the arduino to help drive the lcd in 4-bit mode.

Pin Mappings as follows
RS => 8
E => 9
D4 =>10
D5 =>11
D6 =>12
D7 =>13

To run the Hello World Example under File->Examples->LiquidCrystal->Hello World, do the following changes
replace this line
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
with
LiquidCrystal lcd(8,9,10,11,12,13);

A potentiometer helps adjust the contrast of the LCD. This shield does not come with a LCD. Check here for a LCD to go with this board.