It can run on the Uno, Nano, Pro Micro, or even home-brew Arduino boards. He’s demonstrating the program with a Nokia 5110 LCD, but has also included code for the typical 2×16 LCD displays.

The Arduino Uno-compatible board has an MCS-51 (often called 8051 instead) instead of the usual ATmega328P/ATmega168. Specifically, [ElectroBoy] uses the AT89S52 .

The Uno Rev3, is a great beginner board as it's included in many starter kits. It's also complemented with a host of online resources that even without the official Projects Book from Arduino, you ...