From 01101d75d602db99533b1d9760d67a4ed0560684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: geek2003 Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:58:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add files via upload --- draft/overlay/lcd.txt | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 draft/overlay/lcd.txt diff --git a/draft/overlay/lcd.txt b/draft/overlay/lcd.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..877acf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/draft/overlay/lcd.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ + +The Adafruit plate makes it easy to use a 16x2 Character LCD. Most LCD use lots of GPIO pins but with this just using I2C you only need two pins. The keypad gives you an easy way to input to the display and it comes with an easy to use python library to make it super easy to program. Note that the same pinout applies to both positive, negative and normal LCD. + +To install: +```bash +sudo apt-get update +sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-smbus python-pip git +sudo pip install RPi.GPIO +git clone https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_CharLCD.git +cd Adafruit_Python_CharLCD +sudo python setup.py install +``` + + + + \ No newline at end of file