LCD Animated Runner w/ Johnny-Five https://github.com/rwldrn/johnny-five

lcd-runner.js

var five = require("../lib/johnny-five");

(new five.Board()).on("ready", function() {
  var lcd = new five.LCD({
    // LCD pin name  RS  EN  DB4 DB5 DB6 DB7
    // Arduino pin # 7    8   9   10  11  12
    pins: [ 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ],
    rows: 2,
    cols: 16
  });

  lcd.on("ready", function() {

    var frame = 1, col = 0, row = 0;
    
    // Running A & B are stored in the built-in character library!
    lcd.useChar("runninga");
    lcd.useChar("runningb");

    board.loop( 300, function() {

      lcd.clear().setCursor( col, row ).print(
        ":running" + (++frame % 2 === 0 ? "a" : "b") + ":"
      );

      if ( ++col === lcd.cols ) {
        col = 0;

        if ( ++row === lcd.rows ) {
          row = 0;
        }
      }
    });
  });
});