[Ivan]’s LCD was ... The display featured no onboard controller, and the original driver wasn’t easily repurposed. Instead, [Ivan] decided to drive it directly from an Arduino Uno.

[Usmar A. Padow] put together an Arduino Uno, SD card, four line character LCD, and PS/2 keyboard. but he’s also included alternative options to go without an LCD screen by using a computer ...

Plug the RFID module into the breadboard with enough space around it. Connect the VCC pin to the Arduino's 3.3V (not 5V), and GND to the ground rail. For the data connections, wire SDA to Pin 10, SCK ...

for instance Arduino, you would need atleast 6 I/O pins to talk to the LCD. However, if you use an LCD module with I2C interface, you only need 2 lines to process the display information. Now a days, ...