I am having the same issues trying to help my daughter learn to program an Arduino Uno for use in her science fair project.
It is clear that the SerialLCD library is not compatible with the Arduino v1.0 development environment because is calls for libraries (like NewSoftSerial.h and WProgram.h) that are no longer part of the environment.
What would be useful for folks like myself who are purchasing Seeedstudio kits would be some sort of notification that we should not expect things to work if we are using the current environment.
I do not mind doing a little Google research, but in this case Seeedstudio needs to do the right thing and:
- let people know if what they are buying will work without modification (like dropping back to an old IDE)
- update their posted and/or included code samples so that they are usable with the current IDE
Instead of learning about LCD usage with the Arduino Uno I have been learning about the best ways to phrase advanced search strings in Google, and still do not have a working LCD.
Any Seeedstudio staff watching these posts? PLEASE repost your SerialLCD.h library to be compatible with the v1.0 IDE and update your code samples as needed.