* LCD with buttons shield for the Arduino * * This shield contains a 16x2 RGB LCD screen, 4 directional * buttons, one select button, one reset button, and a * potentiometer to control the contrast ...

I set about making a LCD Shield to go on top of a standard Arduino. The circuit uses a 16x2 LCD with the common 44780 chipset. To save on pins this is then run through a 4094 8-Bit Shift Register.