“Nice display.
Be warned: this is the LCD1602 RGB. It looks like the LCD1602 and has a very similar designation but it is not just a 1602 with added colour, the I2C api is not the same. Double check you know what you are spending your hard-earned on.”
“I've just bought two of these from the PiHut and they are really nice displays with good viewing angle, I2C interface integrated onto the LCD PCB base rather than the usual bulky solder-on I2C interface module, and the main benefit for me of being able to connect directly to an ESP32 without the need for a level converter as would be required when using a 5V display.
The one downside is that writing to the display is quite CPU intensive taking approximately 10ms per character written. Setting the cursor position also takes the same duration, so writing to the display can take up to 340ms. It just means I'll have to take this into account when using it, and certainly wouldn't stop me buying more.”
