This project from Instructables user displays headlines form your RSS on a small LCD, along with an LED that flashes whenever it shows a new headline. It seems simple, but it could be useful for quickly glancing at your RSS feeds while youre working.

The display must be compatible with , a common way of rigging up Arduino with an LCD. This project requires you to use two programming libraries: and .

The project does take a , but the Instructables guide provides all the code you need to load onto the Arduino, which is what makes this project so newbie-friendly. For the upcoming tinker with their eye on Arduino, this is an ideal mini-project.

The only daunting thing missing now is a way of informing you just how many items are sitting in your feed waiting to be readfor me, this is usually in the thousands.

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