An Arduino board controls the 16×2 HD44780 character display. The game also includes ... If you don’t have a character LCD on hand you might try this other Space Invaders clone that uses ...

While the SSD1306 OLED has somewhat become the go-to display for up-to-date projects, the good old character displays ... clock that takes an entire 16×2 LCD to show each single digit.

This allows connection to your Arduino (or other microcontroller) using only four channels. Yippee! Hitachi’s HD44780 based 16×2 character LCD are very cheap and widely available, and is an essential ...