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Connect LCD Display

Maxi edited this page Jun 2, 2021 · 1 revision

To connect a 16x2 display to the Raspberry Pi, follow these steps. We will use four female to female cables. Brown - Red - Orange - Yellow

⚠️ Turn the pi off and disconnect from power before conencting any GPIO pins!

Connection to Pi

This is what the GPIO setup looks like on my Pi Zero. You can also run the command pinout to print your GPIO setup in command line.

Display Pi # Pin Pi
GND (6) GND
VCC (4) 5V
SDA (3) SDA
SCL (5) SCL

The final result should look similar to this:

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