# Basic 16x2 Character LCD - Black on Green 5V

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** LCD-00255 · **Brand:** [Sparkfun](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/sparkfun-australia)
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## Retired product

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## Description

This is a basic 16 character by 2 line display. Black text on Green background. Utilizes the extremely common HD44780 parallel interface chipset (datasheet). Interface code is freely available. You will need ~11 general I/O pins to interface to this LCD screen. **Includes LED backlight.**

**Dimensions:** 3.15" x 1.425"

**Documents:**

- GDM1602K.pdf
- Extended Datasheet
- mbed Example
- AVR Example
- Character Generator

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