i2C LCD -- any possibility of a kit without the LCD panel?

[blave]

I already have an LCD panel which I think will work with this (http://adafruit.com/products/181).  It would be nice to be able to get a kit that doesn't have the panel included.

thanks,
Dave B.

[MichaelMeissner]

Maybe I\'m missing something, but if you have your own LCD with an i2c controller, you should be able to use the Grove PCB or shield kits to attach the LCD (or just attach the 2 wire i2c connectors + 5v + ground directly to the digispark or to the through hole/surface mount shields).

If you have the LCD but it doesn\'t support i2c, you can get an i2c backpack from https://www.adafruit.com/products/292 among other places.

I followed your link for the display, and it looks like you don\'t have an i2c backpack.  Given the cost from adafruit, it may be just as cheap to buy a new LCD with this shield ($10 + s/h for the i2c backpack, $15 from digispark).

[blave]

My LCD doesn\'t have i2c.  The board you linked is $10, while the digistump one is only $5 more. I was just hoping to have a solution that\'s much less than $15 since I already have an LCD that appears to have the same 16 pin connector as the one shown for the i2c LCD kit. (The kit description mentions an i2c controller separately from the LCD panel, so I am assuming that the i2c controller connects to the same 16 pin interface that my display has.)

cheers,

Dave.

[MichaelMeissner]

Well if you go to ebay and look for \'i2c lcd arduino\', and then do buy it now, the cheapest item on the list would add the i2c for $4.09 from some random Hong Kong merchant.  It depends on whether you want to buy from a reputable store (adafruit, sparkfun, jameco, yourduino, etc.) with a higher price, or go for the lowest price.  I\'ve done both, it depends on the item: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IIC-I2C-TWI-SP-I-Serial-Interface-Board-Module-Port-For-Arduino-1602-LCD-Display-/300744428853?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4605c3cd35

[barnacleBudd]

I know the original post is quite old, but if anyone is just coming by here I thought I might add something.

If you already have an I2C LCD panel, all you need are two 4.7K Ohm resistors and some wire to make it go.

Check it out here: http://mypetdigispark.blogspot.com/

[semicolo]

Also, instead of I2C you could use a shift register like it's explained on this page:
http://www.rentron.com/myke1.htm