LCDs & Displays / Character
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RGB backlight negative LCD 16x2 + extras - RGB on black
Product ID: 399This is a fancy upgrade to standard 16x2 LCDs, instead of just having blue and white, or red and black, this LCD has full color RGB characters on a dark/black background! That means you can change the character display colors to anything you want - red, green, blue, pink, white, purple yellow, teal, salmon, chartreuse. This LCD looks strikingly good in person We had...$13.95In stock -
i2c / SPI character LCD backpack - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
Product ID: 292Character LCDs are a fun and easy way to have your microcontroller project talk back to you. They are also common, and easy to get, available in tons of colors and sizes. We've written tutorials on using character LCDs with an Arduino (or similar microcontroller) but find that the number of pins necessary to control the LCD can be restrictive, especially with...$9.95In stock -
Assembled Standard LCD 16x2 + extras - White on Blue
Product ID: 1447Standard HD44780 LCDs are useful for creating standalone projects. This product is similar to our Standard LCD 16x2 display but comes with the header soldered on! 16 characters wide, 2 rows. White text on blue background. Connection port is 0.1" pitch, single row for easy breadboarding and wiring. Pins are documented on the back of the LCD to assist in wiring it up....$10.95In stock -
RGB backlight positive LCD 16x2 + extras - black on RGB
Product ID: 398This is a fancy upgrade to standard 16x2 LCDs, instead of just having blue and white, or red and black, this LCD has black characters on a full color RGB-backlight background! That means you can change the background color to anything you want - red, green, blue, pink, white, purple yellow, teal, salmon, chartreuse, or just leave it off for a neutral background. This...$12.95In stock -
Standard LCD 16x2 + extras - white on blue
Product ID: 181Standard HD44780 LCDs are useful for creating standalone projects. 16 characters wide, 2 rows. White text on blue background. Connection port is 0.1" pitch, single row for easy breadboarding and wiring. Pins are documented on the back of the LCD to assist in wiring it up. Single LED backlight included can be dimmed easily with a resistor or PWM and uses much less...$9.95In stock -
RGB Full Color Backlight Display - 12mm x 40mm
Product ID: 6158These pretty strips of light are plastic diffused backlights, often seen in LCD displays. Normally they're tucked behind the LCD and shine white light from below. Here, we've got an RGB LED variant available individually, and it's really cool! Each LED is encased in a 3.3mm thick strip of acrylic. The acrylic strip is a special type that is very good at diffusing...$1.95In stock -
Standard LCD 20x4 + extras - white on blue
Product ID: 198Standard HD44780 LCDs are useful for creating standalone projects. 20 characters wide, 4 rows. White text on blue background. Connection port is 0.1" pitch, single row for easy breadboarding and wiring. Single LED backlight with a resistor included, you can power it directly from 5V. If it's too bright for you, it can be dimmed easily with a resistor or PWM and uses...$17.95In stock -
RGB backlight positive LCD 20x4 + extras - black on RGB
Product ID: 499This is a fancy upgrade to standard 20x4 LCDs, instead of just having blue and white, or red and black, this LCD has black characters on a full color RGB background! That means you can change the display background color to anything you want - red, green, blue, pink, white, purple yellow, teal, salmon, chartreuse. This LCD looks strikingly good in person. This LCD is...$24.9564 in stock -
Acrylic Stand for 16x2 Character LCD
Product ID: 1365Here is a mini-kit to get your 16x2 LCD standing up straight on your table. Made of 3mm black acrylic pieces, with 4 x 1" nylon screws & 4 x nylon hex nuts, it goes together in a jiffy and looks super-spiffy! This product is designed specifically for our 16x2 USB/Serial backpacks. Our OLED 16x2 displays and RGB backlight positive and negative LCDs have slightly...$4.9594 in stock -
RGB backlight negative LCD 20x4 + extras - RGB on black
Product ID: 498This is a fancy upgrade to standard 20x4 LCDs, instead of just having blue and white, or red and black, this LCD has full color RGB characters on a dark/black background! That means you can change the character display colors to anything you want - red, green, blue, pink, white, purple yellow, teal, salmon, chartreuse. This LCD looks strikingly good in person One...$24.95Out of stock -
USB + Serial Backpack Kit with 16x2 RGB backlight positive LCD - Black on RGB
Product ID: 782Adding a character display to your project or computer has never been easier with the new Adafruit USB or TTL serial backpack! This custom-designed PCB sits on the back of our 'standard' character LCD (16x2 or 20x4 sized) and does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters,...No longer stocked -
USB + Serial Backpack Kit with 16x2 RGB backlight negative LCD - RGB on Black
Product ID: 784Adding a character display to your project or computer has never been easier with the new Adafruit USB or TTL serial backpack! This custom-designed PCB sits on the back of our 'standard' character LCD (16x2 or 20x4 sized) and does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters,...No longer stocked -
20x2 Character VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) - SPI interface - 20T202DA2JA
Product ID: 347One up your plain old character LCD with a gorgeous VFD! These displays look and act just like character LCDs but are way glowier, and are very readable even from a distance. As a bonus, you only need 3 digital pins to control it as it is a SPI/serial interface not parallel. We have a datasheet for the module and the datasheet for the controller chip (with much more...No longer stocked -
Adafruit USB + Serial LCD Backpack Add-On with Cable
Product ID: 781Adding a character display to your project or computer has never been easier with the new Adafruit USB or TTL serial backpack! This custom-designed PCB can connect to the back of any 16x2 or 20x4 character LCD and does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters, turning on and off...No longer stocked -
Blue Character OLED 16x2
Product ID: 823When you need low power, ultra-high contrast and any-angle readability, you can't beat these great looking character OLEDs. They are pin/shape compatible with 'standard' HD44780 LCDs. The code is slightly different (they're more timing sensitive) so we have our own Arduino library that plays better with the OLEDs than the standard LiquidCrystal library. Best of all,...No longer stocked -
Turing Complete Labs 10 Digit Monochrome LCD Display - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
Product ID: 5379Those crisp digital displays from your calculator can now be incorporated into your next project with this handy 10 Digit Monochrome LCD Display from Turing Complete Labs. It's got that same glass that you see in desktop calculators, it even has decimal and comma segments between each digit. It is daylight readable but has no backlight so you'll need to provide side...No longer stocked -
LCD FeatherWing from Oddly Specific Objects
Product ID: 5581The LCD FeatherWing from Oddly Specific Objects is a low-power, CircuitPython-compatible, I²C-driven display that works with Adafruit’s Feather line of development boards. It uses the BU9796 segment LCD controller to drive a custom liquid crystal display glass with 48 segments, including: Five indicator icons: Bell, Wifi, Moon, Arrows, and Battery. Five...No longer stocked