USB + SERIAL BACKPACK KIT WITH 16X2 RGB BACKLIGHT POSITIVE LCD - BLACK ON RGB, ADAFRUIT 784

This custom-designed PCB does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters, turning on and off the cursor, etc. It can even handle our RGB backlight LCDs with full 8-bit PWM control of the backlight.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Backpack details:

- Compatible with any 'standard' 16x2 or 20x4 character LCD as well as any Adafruit RGB LCD.

- Full PWM backlight control

- Supports the following Matrix Orbital commands:

   - Autoscrolling

   - Baud rate adjust

   - Clear screen

   - Change splash

   - Auto-wrap

   - Set cursor

   - Home

   - Move cursor

   - Underline/Block cursor

   - Create custom characters

   - Save custom character bank

   - Load custom character bank

   - Display On/Off

   - Set brightness

   - Set contrast

   - General Purpose Outputs (4)

- Supports extended Adafruit commands:

   - Set RGB backlight

   - Set LCD size (up to 20x4)

LCD details:

- 16 characters wide, 2 rows

- Black text on multi-color background

- Built in character set supports English/Japanese text, see the HD44780 datasheet for the full character set

- Up to 8 extra characters can be created for custom glyphs or 'foreign' language support