Arduino Uno and Nokia 5110 LCD

If you want to know how to wire & program a Nokia 5110 LCD using an Arduino Uno, you have come to the right place 🙂

Here are the parts needed:

1. Arduino Uno (Qty: 1) (http://core-electronics.com.au/arduino-uno-r3.html/?acc=7f39f8317fbdb1988ef4c628eba02591)
2. Nokia 5110 LCD (Qty: 1) (http://core-electronics.com.au/graphic-lcd-84×48-nokia-5110.html/?acc=7f39f8317fbdb1988ef4c628eba02591)
3. Logic Level Converter (Qty: 2) (http://core-electronics.com.au/logic-level-converter-module.html/?acc=7f39f8317fbdb1988ef4c628eba02591)
4. Lots of connecting wires
5. USB cable for the Arduino Uno (USB A to USB B)

Here is my setup (made with Fritzing):

Here are the software/libraries I used:

1. Arduino 1.0.4
2. Adafruit’s base library for the Nokia 5110 (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-PCD8544-Nokia-5110-LCD-library)
3. Adafruit’s graphics library for the Nokia 5110 (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-GFX-Library)

Here are the instructions to run the sample code:

1. Extract the Adafruit libraries into “..\arduino-1.0.4\libraries\”.
2. Your directory structure should look like this:

   \arduino-1.04\
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_GFX\
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_GFX\Adafruit_GFX.cpp
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_GFX\Adafruit_GFX.h
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_GFX\glcdfont.c
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_GFX\license.txt
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_GFX\README.txt
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\examples\
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\examples\pcdtest\
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\examples\pcdtest\pcdtest.pde
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\Adafruit_PC8544.cpp
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\Adafruit_PC8544.h
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\license.txt
   \arduino-1.04\libraries\Adafruit_PCD8544\README.txt

3. Start the Arduino IDE
4. From the File menu, click on Examples, then “Adafruit_PCD8544” and “pcdtest”.
5. Find the following line:

   Adafruit_PCD8544 display = Adafruit_PCD8544(7, 6, 5, 4, 3);

6. Change it to:

   Adafruit_PCD8544 display = Adafruit_PCD8544(13, 11, 7, 6, 5);

7. Compile and download (or “upload” in the Arduino world).
8. Done! You should see various graphic examples being displayed.