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+# README #
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+== Introduction ==
+
+{{https://bitbucket.org/fmalpartida/new-liquidcrystal/downloads/I2CLCDextraIO_assemblyProject_small.jpg|LCD library}}
+
+Welcome to the //LCD Library// for **Arduino** and **Chipkit**. It is a derivate of the original LiquidCrystal Library as 
+sourced in the Arduino SDK. It has been developed to be compatible with the current LiquidCrystal library, 
+its performance is almost 5 times faster and fully extendable if need be. 
+
+Being faster, gives your applications more time to do more things than just controlling the LCD. So, its cool, you can do more stuff.
+
+It supports most Hitachi HD44780 based LCDs, or compatible, connected to any project using: 4, 8 
+wire parallel interface, I2C IO port expander and Shift Regiter.
+
+It currently supports 4 types of connections:
+* 4 bit parallel LCD interface
+* 8 bit parallel LCD interface
+* I2C IO bus expansion board with the PCF8574* I2C IO expander ASIC such as [[http://www.electrofunltd.com/2011/10/i2c-lcd-extra-io.html|I2C LCD extra IO]].
+* ShiftRegister adaptor board as described [[http://code.google.com/p/arduinoshiftreglcd/|Shift Register project home]] or in the HW configuration described below, 2 and 3 wire configurations supported.
+* ShiftRegister 3 wire latch adaptor board as described [[http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Code/LCD3wires|ShiftRegister 3 Wire Home]]
+* Support for 1 wire shift register [[http://www.romanblack.com/shift1.htm|ShiftRegister 1 Wire]]
+* I2C bus expansion using general purpose IO lines.
+
+### How do I get set up? ###
+
+* Please refer to the project's wiki
+
+### Contribution guidelines ###
+
+* Writing tests
+* Code review
+* Help out with bug fixing
+* Setup a project logo
+* Write new drivers to support more LCDs.
+
+### Who do I talk to? ###
+
+* Repo owner or admin
+* For SoftI2CMaster latest versions, updates and support, please refer to [[https://github.com/todbot/SoftI2CMaster|todbot]]