Serial Enabled LCD Backpack

Description: The serial enabled LCD backpack allows you to control a parallel based LCD over a single-wire serial interface. The SerLCD backpack takes care of all the HD44780 commands allowing seamless integration with any micro that can communicate over a wide range of TTL serial baud rates. The SerLCD currently supports 16 and 20 character wide screens with 2 or 4 lines of display. Communication with SerLCD requires 5V TTL serial at a default baud rate of 9600bps (8-N-1). You can adjust the baud to any standard rate between 2400 and 38400bps. The power, ground and RX pins are all broken out to a 3.5mm pitch screw terminal. SerLCD has the ability to dim the backlight to conserve power if needed. There is also a potentiometer on the backpack to adjust the contrast. Note: The datasheet incorrectly identifies the PIC as a 16F688, when it's actually a 16LF88. Sorry for blowing your mind. Features: • PIC 16LF88 utilizes onboard UART for greater communication accuracy • Adjustable baud rates of 2400, 4800, 9600 (default), 14400, 19200 and 38400 • Operational Backspace • Greater processing speed at 10MHz • Incoming buffer stores up to 80 characters • Backlight transistor can handle up to 1A • Pulse width modulation of backlight allows direct control of backlight brightness and current consumption • All surface mount design allows a backpack that is half the size of the original • Faster boot-up time • Boot-up display can be turned on/off via firmware • User definable splash screen