Tech Tip: Obtaining hassle-free SSD Performance

If you were toying around with SSD drives when they first appeared on the market, there were a lot of details you needed to worry about. Remember having to make sure the operating system started on the correct block?

Then there was the problem of too many gigs of OS, apps, games, and media. You had to decide in advance which were the critical applications that got space on the coveted SSD and

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Arduino Workshop - Parallel LCD Project 2: SparkFun Parallel LCD

Hardware Required:

Arduino Uno board

SparkFun 16x2 Parallel LCD






Schematic:




There are several +5v and Ground connections for the parallel LCD. Use the power bus (strip) along the edge to run a single pair to the Arduino, and then break it out to the different pins on the display.
Use different color wires to make connections easier to follow.



Project Steps:

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Arduino Workshop - Parallel LCD Project 1: DFRobot Parallel LCD

Hardware Required:

Arduino Uno board

DFRobot 16x2 LCD Shield





Schematic:

No schematic necessary. All connections are made by installing the LCD Shield directly onto the Arduino's sockets.




Note: The boards tested use different signal and data pins than the default examples in the LCD Library. Our LCD Shield uses pin 8 for Register Select, Pin 9 for Enable, and pins 4, 5,

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