Latest Displays Technical Articles

Make a GPS Clock With a PIC Microcontroller

In this article I'll show you one way to use a PIC microcontroller to get the time and date from a GPS module.

January 29, 2016 by Jens Christoffersen

Build a Raspberry Pi Pushbutton Switch

Learn how to build a variety of electronic controllers using the Raspberry Pi. In part one, you will learn how to wire a basic pushbutton switch and read the status of its electrical contacts using the Python programming language.

November 19, 2015 by Don Wilcher

Connect a PICAXE to the Internet of Things

Connecting a PICAXE to the IoT through an ESP8266 module is easy once you know the process. Here are the details you need!

November 16, 2015 by Charles R. Hampton

Using a Serial LCD with a PICAXE

Using an LCD increases the versatility of any microcontroller by displaying data outputs and memory contents. This serial adapter uses only one I/O.

September 22, 2015 by Charles R. Hampton

How to Use RTC with Arduino and LCD

This article will show you one way of making an accurate clock by using the Real Time Clock IC DS1307. The time will be shown on a LCD display.

September 21, 2015 by Jens Christoffersen

An LCD for Your Microcontroller Using a Single I/O

LCDs are great for showing info from your microcontroller. A serial adapter is inexpensive, uses only one I/O, and is easy to connect and to use.

September 17, 2015 by Charles R. Hampton

Ambient Light Monitor: Zero-Cross Detection

Part 4 in the “How to Make an Ambient Light Monitor” series

August 16, 2015 by Robert Keim

How to Use a DHT11 with a PIC16F628A and LCD

How to read humidity and temperature from a DHT11 and display it on a LCD with a PIC microcontroller. In this example we're going to use a PIC16F628A.

August 07, 2015 by Jens Christoffersen

Ambient Light Monitor: Measuring and Interpreting Ambient Light Levels

Part 3 in the “How to Make an Ambient Light Monitor” series. The project continues by building an ambient light sensor circuit on a breadboard, digitizing the circuit’s output signals, and interpreting the digitized measurements.

August 05, 2015 by Robert Keim

Ambient Light Monitor: Display Measurements on an LCD

Learn how to use an EFM8 microcontroller to convert current and voltage measurements to digits that can be displayed on an LCD. We'll discuss a convenient way to report analog-to-digital conversion values that represent current and voltage amplitudes.

July 26, 2015 by Robert Keim

How to Display an Image on an LCD using an EFM8 Microcontroller

Use the EFM8’s USB functionality to transfer an image from your PC to an LCD.

July 24, 2015 by Robert Keim

Use a PICAXE Microcontroller to Read and Display Temperature

The 08M2 is the smallest member of the PICAXE family of microcontrollers; it is inexpensive, versatile, and easy to program using free software.

July 15, 2015 by Charles R. Hampton

Displaying Characters on an LCD with an EFM8 Microcontroller

Learn how to design characters using an image editor and display them on an LCD controlled by an EFM8 microcontroller.

July 13, 2015 by Robert Keim

Controlling an LCD via SPI: An Introduction to Project Development with an EFM8 Microcontroller

A simple LCD control project with an EFM8 evaluation board demonstrates basic principles of embedded development.

July 08, 2015 by Robert Keim

How to Use the Arduino Joystick Shield v2.4

In this tutorial we are going to see how to use Arduino Joystick Shield. There are different versions but we'll be using v2.4, which has some interesting features and some extra buttons which can be used in your application in different ways.

June 17, 2015 by Tim Youngblood