Arduino Analog Input Display

hi, this is a simple instructable that shows you how to use an analog input (potentiometer) and
display that in percentage form on a 16X2 LCD character display

thanks for looking!

Step 1: Parts Needed

what you will need:

1x arduino
1x 10K pot (for LCD contrast)
1x 100k pot (you may need to modify the code as my pot wasn't exactly 100k, so any pot you
have around will do)
1x 6X2 character LCD
a breadboard and wires

Step 2: The Code

paste in arduino compiler:

/* hey, this is a simple code to make your arduino read

the value of a potentiometer and display it in percentage form on
a 16 X 2 LCD screen. I am pretty new at this so sorry if this code
is terrible or if i have no idea what i'm talking about in the
comments.

the circuit(pasted from examples):

* 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
* 10K resistor:
* ends to +5V and ground
* wiper to LCD VO pin (pin 3)
* Potentiometer attached to analog input 0

* center pin of the potentiometer to the analog pin

* one side pin (either one) to ground
* the other side pin to +5V

*/
#include <LiquidCrystal.h> // include the LCD library
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

int potPin = A0; //Potentiometer input pin

int potValue1 = 0;
int potValue2 = 0; // final display variable
void setup() {
lcd.begin(16, 2); // lcd rows and columns
lcd.print("Potentiometer"); // title of sorts
}

void loop() {
// read then divide the input(max 1020 in this case) by 10
potValue1 = analogRead(potPin) / 10;
// divide by 1.02 to get percentage
potValue2 = potValue1 / 1.02;
// set cursor to second row, first column
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
//display final percentage
lcd.print(potValue2);
//print the percent symbol at the end
lcd.print("%");
//wait 0.1 seconds
delay(100);
//wipe the extra characters
lcd.print(" ");
delay(1);
}