# Basic 20x4 Character LCD - Black on Green 5V

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** LCD-00256 · **Brand:** [Sparkfun](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/sparkfun-australia)
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## Retired product

This product is retired and no longer available for purchase. Search the catalogue for an alternative.

## Description

This is a basic 20 character by 4 line display. 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.

**Documents:**

- Datasheet
- mbed Example
- AVR Example
- Character Generator
 
**Dimensions:** 3.86 x 2.36 x 0.55"

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