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Soldering up a 'shield'

This tutorial will show you how to solder together a shield for an LCD with a 8x2 header

What you'll need

Assembled Arduino board, preferrably a Duemilanove, or Diecimila (or whatever the latest version is) but NG is OK too Adafruit
$30
USB Cable. Standard A-B cable is required. Any length is OK. Adafruit
Or any computer supply store $5| ||2 pieces of 7-pin female header (you can always cut down longer header)|Any electronics supply store / $3| ||2 pieces of 7-pin male header (you can always cut down longer header).|Any electronics supply store $0.50
Arduino Prototyping Shield kit, without breadboard!
Adafruit \\ $15
Character LCD with parallel interfacePretty much any online electronics shop!
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