# UNO Monitor

UNO Monitor is my first attempt at prototyping an Arduino UNO based LCD and LED external display with IR remote controller.

## Requirements
### Hardware
Ardurino UNO
LCD1602 LCD module
10k Potentiometer
Max7219 LED dot matrix module
IR reveiver module /w remote

### Software
Latest Arduino (v1 or v2) IDE
Linux Bash (not tested on WSL/WSL2)

#### Headers
[Liquid Crystal library](http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/LiquidCrystal)

[LedControl library](https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/libraries/ledcontrol)

[IRremote library](http://github.com/shirriff/Arduino-IRremote)

### Pin Outs
/* LCD Pinout:
 * LCD RS pin to digital pin 12
 * LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11
 * LCD D4 pin to digital pin 5
 * LCD D5 pin to digital pin 4
 * LCD D6 pin to digital pin 3
 * LCD D7 pin to digital pin 2
 * LCD R/W pin to ground
 * LCD VSS pin to ground
 * LCD VCC pin to 5V
 * 10K resistor:
 *  ends to +5V and ground
 *  wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3)
*/

/* LED Pinout:
 * LED DataIn(DIN) to digital pin 10
 * LED LOAD(CS) to digital pin 9
 * LED CLK to digital pin 8
 * LED VSS pin to 5V
 * LED GND to ground
*/

/* IR Pinout
 * IR Signal to digital pin 13
 * IR VSS pin to 5V
 * IR GND to ground
*/