The structure of a segmented LCD display essentially consists of the components featured in Figure 1. It includes: two polarizers rotated 90 degrees from each other to polarize light coming into the ...

This project illustrates how the HD44780 LCD displays are driven by DIP switches or an ATmega8 microcontroller. This project illustrates how the HD44780 LCD displays are driven by DIP switches or an ...

Makers, electronic enthusiasts and developers searching for a small LCD screen may be interested in the new low energy Bluetooth smart display now available from Adafruit in the form of the Espruino ...

The basic 16×2 LCD is an extremely popular component that we’ve seen used in more projects than we could possibly count. Part of that is because modern microcontrollers make it so easy to work with; ...

A new 8-bit flash microcontroller with an advanced LCD driver architecture offers direct connection to LCD modules. The 68HC908LJ12 also features an advanced on-chip real-time clock and a synchronous ...

Atmel has announced the integration of an lcd controller into its AVR XMEGA microcontroller range, which it claims reduces design complexity and lowers overall system cost. The integration, adds the ...

When it comes to displays, there is a gap between a traditional microcontroller and a Linux system-on-a-chip (SoC). The SoC that lives in a smartphone will always have enough RAM for a framebuffer and ...

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced 12 new high-performance, 8-bit Flash ...

NXP Semiconductors has launched what it claims to be the industry's first ARM Cortex-M3 based mcu with an integrated lcd controller. The LPC178x microcontroller features up to 96KB of on chip SRAM and ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the RA4L1 microcontroller (MCU) group, including 14 new ...