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Schematic Reference Description Appendix

M1 Photon board M1

Breadboard H1

Jumper wires H2

H1 16 × 2 LCD display H4

R1 10-K potentiometer R2

Table 4.5 Components and Hardware

Figure 4.6 Breadboard layout diagram for LCD display.

NOTE If your LCD display requires a 5-V backlight, you can connect this to the VIN pin
on the Photon board, which references the input voltage from the universal serial bus
(USB).

Now that the LCD display is ready, we can get the code ready and start displaying

some text on the screen. The potentiometer will be used to adjust the contrast between the