# Pico Serial LCD **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 17, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-serial-lcd/16648 "2021-03-17T12:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jbweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jbweller](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/jbweller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-serial-lcd/16648/1 "2021-03-17T12:22:56Z")
I am going through the projects in teh Get Started with MicroPython book and am trying to source a suitable LCD screen to use with Chapter 10 on Digital Communication Protocols but I am getting confused with the plethora of screens available :-). Could you recommend a suitable one please. I don’t need anything fancy but would like one as close to the one in the book as possible so that I can learn - once I’ve done one project I will hopefully then be able to apply that knowledge to other screens. TIA ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-serial-lcd/16648/2 "2021-03-17T12:29:34Z")
SPI? I don’t have the book so I’m guessing its SPI? ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-serial-lcd/16648/3 "2021-03-17T12:44:59Z")
Just downloaded the PDF. It’s a 16x2 but its not like the stock ones I can find? I think you need this [Standard LCD 16x2 + extras [white on blue] : ID 181 : $9.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits](https://www.adafruit.com/product/181) and this [i2c / SPI character LCD backpack : ID 292 : $9.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits](https://www.adafruit.com/product/292) Pimoroni sell the display [Standard LCD 16x2 + extras - white on blue – Pimoroni](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/standard-lcd-16x2-extras-white-on-blue) And i2c backpacks, but they are i2c only as near as I can tell. [Pimoroni: Raspberry Pi, Adafruit, micro:bit, and Arduino in the UK](https://shop.pimoroni.com/?q=16x2) ---
**Author:** ![jbweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jbweller](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/jbweller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-serial-lcd/16648/4 "2021-03-17T14:28:25Z")
May thanks. The ones in teh book are I2C and SPI. I’ll keep looking. :-) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico-serial-lcd/16648/5 "2021-03-17T16:50:10Z")
I have a couple of the stock 16x2 that I linked too above that I have used with my Arduino’s. They don’t have the pinout shown in the book? They have the 8 Data lines, D0 to D7. I also have one with the backpack, that can be used via i2c or SPI. I do believe I bought that one from Adafruit. I have used it via i2c on my Arduino. Pretty sure I haven’t tried it via SPI, that jumper looks untouched. I can see using this one with my PICO at some point. Might be a while though, I have other things on the go at the moment.