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# Serial Enabled LCD Kit

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** LCD-10097 · **Brand:** [Sparkfun](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/sparkfun-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/serial-enabled-lcd-kit.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/serial-enabled-lcd-kit.html.md))

Calling this the “Serial Enabled LCD Kit” doesn’t do justice to how cool it actually is. After you’ve assembled this all-PTH kit, you’ll be left with a fully Arduino-compatible development board that just happens to have a white on black 16x2 display built-in.

## Pricing

- **Price:** $47.70 (inc GST) — $43.36 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 5+ $42.06 (exc GST) · 25+ $41.20 (exc GST) · 100+ $39.46 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Out of stock — the product page offers email notification when it returns.

## How to buy

- **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=LCD-10097:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart.
- **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/LCD-10097:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.)
- **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there.
- **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works)
- **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt
## Description

Calling this the “Serial Enabled LCD Kit” doesn't do justice to how cool it actually is. After you've assembled this all-PTH kit, you'll be left with a fully Arduino-compatible development board that just happens to have a white on black 16x2 display built-in.

Turns out the ATMega328 is pretty far over-spec for just controlling a parallel LCD so there's a lot of horsepower left over to do whatever else needs to be done. We've broken out all of the unused GPIO pins to 0.1" headers on one side of the board, making this more than just a great kit for beginner soldering but also an awesome development tool for experienced programmers.

In order to upload new code to the LCD Kit via bootloader you'll need an [FTDI Basic Breakout ](https://core-electronics.com.au/ftdi-basic-breakout-3-3-5v-arduino-compatible.html)and have the Board setting in Arduino on 'Arduino Duemilanove w/ ATmega328.' The uC comes pre-programmed with the SerialLCD firmware on top of the bootloader, so if you just want to use it as a serial-enabled LCD, you won't need to do any programming.

Check the github page below for instructions on how to use the kit. The source code is also hosted over there, if you want to take a look.

**Documents:**

- [Schematic](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/Serial-LCD-Kit-v11_466184e76af.pdf)
- [Eagle Files](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/Serial-Enabled-LCD-Kit-v11_44046d025e5.zip)
- Assembly and Getting Started Guide
- [Datasheet](https://github.com/jimblom/Serial-LCD-Kit/wiki/Serial-Enabled-LCD-Kit-Datasheet)
- [github page](https://github.com/jimblom/Serial-LCD-Kit/wiki/Serial-Enabled-LCD-Kit-Datasheet)
- [Example Code](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/Serial_LCD_Kit_Examples_86132f04c6.zip)

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/s/e/serial_enabled_lcd_kit__lcd-10097__01.jpg)