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/*
- * Displays text sent over the serial port (e.g. from the Serial Monitor) on
- * an attached LCD.
+ LiquidCrystal Library - Serial Input
+
+ Demonstrates the use a 16x2 LCD display. The LiquidCrystal
+ library works with all LCD displays that are compatible with the
+ Hitachi HD44780 driver. There are many of them out there, and you
+ can usually tell them by the 16-pin interface.
+
+ This sketch displays text sent over the serial port
+ (e.g. from the Serial Monitor) on an attached LCD.
+
+ The circuit:
+ * LCD RS pin to digital pin 12
+ * LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11
+ * LCD D4 pin to digital pin 5
+ * LCD D5 pin to digital pin 4
+ * LCD D6 pin to digital pin 3
+ * LCD D7 pin to digital pin 2
+ * 10K resistor:
+ * ends to +5V and ground
+ * wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3)
+
+ Library originally added 18 Apr 2008
+ by David A. Mellis
+ library modified 5 Jul 2009
+ by Limor Fried (http://www.ladyada.net)
+ example added 9 Jul 2009
+ by Tom Igoe
+modified 25 July 2009
+ by David A. Mellis
+
+ http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/LiquidCrystal
*/
+// include the library code:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
-// LiquidCrystal display with:
-// rs on pin 12
-// rw on pin 11
-// enable on pin 10
-// d4, d5, d6, d7 on pins 5, 4, 3, 2
-LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2);
+// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
+LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
-void setup()
-{
+void setup(){
+ // set up the LCD's number of rows and columns:
+ lcd.begin(16, 2);
+ // initialize the serial communications:
Serial.begin(9600);
}