Alphaumeric LED

The alphanumeric LED can be used to display up to 4 characters (letters or numbers).

Use it to display short messages, counters, and much more!

These instructions work with the Elecfreaks alphanumeric display, but not with the Adafruit ones.

Use the I2C cable to connect the sensor. This has 4 wires in 2 pairs: orange-yellow and red-black:

Wire up as follows, using the Edge Connector or Motor Controller board:

Alphumeric Display	Suggested wire colour	Edge Connector	Motor Controller
VCC	Red	3V3	V
GND	Black	GND	G
SCL	Yellow	SCL	C
SDA	Orange	SDA	D

On the edge connector it should look like this:

On the motor controller it should look like this:

You will need to add an extension to get additional blocks for the display. Click on the extensions block:

Then search for "lcd":

Then click on the i2cLD1602 extension:

You should see a new block appear:

Enter this code in on start and forever blocks:

Download the code to the microbit.

The code shows a simple message: