Pin Function
1 Ground
2 Positive 5 volt
3 VEE (Connect to +5 and GND through 10k Pot for display contrast)
4 RS (Low for command - high for characters)
5 RW (Low for write - high for read)
6 E (Toggle to load data and command)
7-14 Data pins
15 Backlight +
16 Backlight Ground