1602 LCD on RPi B+

What will be needed?

• SaintSmart 1602 backlighted I2C LCD (search E-Bay for "1602 LCD I2C")

• MB102 BreadBoard (also available on E-Bay)
• Raspberry PI GPIO Extension Board v2.2

• Bi-Directional Module 5V to 3.3V

• Male to Female Dupont wires
• 140pcs Solderless Breadboard Jumper Cable Wire Kit

Final connection

Software

• Login to Raspberry Pi B+
• sudo vi /etc/modules and add following

i2c-dev

• sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and comment following

# blacklist spi and i2c by default (many users don't need them)

#blacklist spi-bcm2708
#blacklist i2c-bcm2708

• Run following commands and reboot

sudo adduser pi i2c
reboot