00:00If you've ever wired up a plain character LCD and ended up with a spaghetti nightmare of 16 jumper wires
00:05across your breadboard, this one's for you.
00:08I've been digging through listings all week, and I found 5 character LCD modules that come with an I2C backpack
00:14already soldered on, meaning 4 wires and you're done.
00:17Best part?
00:19Every single one of these is under 7 bucks.
00:22Let's get into it.
00:24Starting off with the Surinu 20x4 module.
00:28This is the big one 116x40mm, for rows of 20 characters, with a crisp white LED backlight.
00:35What I really like here is that it handles both English and Japanese character sets, so if you're building something
00:41with Kana output, it's already baked in.
00:44It's a 6800 interface with the IIC adapter built right on the back, and it's 599.
00:51Over 4500 sold with a perfect 5-star rating.
00:53If you need real estate for menus, sensor dashboards, or status screens, this is the one I'd grab.
01:00Next up, the classic 1602 with the I2C TWI adapter.
01:0616 characters, 2 lines, the workhorse display that's been in DIY projects forever.
01:11This one's specifically pitched at Raspberry Pi Builders, and honestly that's where it shines.
01:17499 gets you the display and the serial adapter together, so you're not soldering a backpack on yourself at midnight.
01:24Rating sits at 4.7 across 4500 plus sales.
01:29It's the safe, boring, always works choice, and sometimes that's exactly what you want.
01:34Now here's the one that made me do a double take.
01:38Surinu's VA-1602 module for a buck 49.
01:43And it's not a stripped-down version either, it's a VA panel, which means characters on a true black background
01:49instead of that washed-out grey you get with standard STN.
01:53You pick white, red, or green text, and the contrast is genuinely striking, especially in low light.
01:59Perfect 5-star rating, over 4000 sold.
02:03At this price I'd honestly buy 3 and keep spares in the drawer.
02:07Coming in at number 4, the LCD 2000 and 420x4 with color options.
02:13Blue, green, or white screen your call and it ships with the IIC serial interface adapter already attached.
02:20This is the Arduino go-to for anyone who's outgrown a 1602 and needs more lines for logging data or
02:25displaying multiple sensor readings at once.
02:29639, 4.9 stars, nearly 4000 sold.
02:33The blue screen version in particular looks fantastic in a project enclosure.
02:38Solid, proven, no surprises.
02:41And rounding out the list, the 1602HD44780 kit with the PCF8574 adapter plate.
02:48The reason I like this one is the PCF8574 specifically, it's the chip basically every Arduino Liquid Crystal I2C library
02:56expects, so your code just works the first time.
02:595-volt, blue screen, standard 1602A footprint.
03:04297 for the display and the adapter as a kit.
03:08It's got a 4.9 rating and over 3000 sold, and for beginners it's probably the smoothest first experience you'll
03:14have with I2C displays.
03:16All the links are down in the description, so go check current prices, they move around a lot on these.
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03:28Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one.
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