Arduino Components: LCD Display

The inexpensive (around $15) LCD display I picked up from RobotShop.ca has two rows with 16 characters per row. It has white lettering with a blue background.

It does seem to have a glitch when first powering up, sometimes displaying strange characters but is quickly cleared with a reset of the Arduino. It might be something that I should change in the code to clear it on startup but I've always just been ready to reset after it first boots.

It has been my experience that setting up a quick display with the LCD is quicker then going through a serial setup and having to connect with a terminal program each time.

There are lots of different models out there, this one has different connection types but I use the SDA/SCL pins and connect directly to the Analog terminals on the Ardiono.