Using a Dot Matrix LCD With a Microcontroller | RobotShop Community

This article shows how to hook up a LCD screen to your microcontroller.

    LCD displays are a great way to add output
    to your robot - they can be a very useful debugging aid and also can
    make controlling the robot much easier (setting options, vie

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/using-a-dot-matrix-lcd-with-a-microcontroller

This thing was really very helpful to me. I m planning to build a robot of my own, and an LCD is a must to know many things happening inside the hell. Thank you guys.
And, I would like to know whether, I could use the LCDs of my calculator, handheld video game player. I mean the brick video games. Also, friend please help me to know what types chips are present in them. Are, they reprogrammable?