The SAK53 is equipped with a removable cover and an extra large 2-line display‚ each consisting of 16 characters. The display and the keys are fitted with backlights. The 5 LEDs display the most ...

The SAK51 is equipped with a 2-line display‚ each consisting of 16 characters. The display and the keys are fitted with backlights. The 5 LEDs display the most important system states such as on/off‚ ...

While the SSD1306 OLED has somewhat become the go-to display for up-to-date projects, the good old character displays ... clock that takes an entire 16×2 LCD to show each single digit.

We like this approach because instead of doing some hard-core LCD work he’s using prototyping equipment you probably already have on hand. Getting a character LCD running should be really simple.