Arduino UNO R3 Plus Digital Pins Overused?

Question

I have an Arduino UNO R3 Plus with 14 digital pins, but they don't function well. Or maybe they do, but the point is, I think I am overusing them. I have an LCD connected to ports 13-7, 4 LED lights connected to 5-2 and 2 buttons connected to 0-1. But I'm only using one button, so it is technically 1 button connected to port 1. The LED + button is an LED game, and I'm trying to make the LCD screen a counter for it. The LCD and and the LED "power cords" share the same breadboard segments, the LED is the one going up to the 5V power pin. The problem is that I can only make one work at a time, so I don't know if its the programming or the hardware. So please tell me how I can reprogram/rewire this (or else explain why it is impossible).

My code:

int currentLED = 2;
int delayValue = 200;
int numberShown = 0;

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(13, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7);

void setup() {
    pinMode(1, INPUT); //Button
    pinMode(2, OUTPUT); //White LED
    pinMode(3, OUTPUT); //Yellow LED
    pinMode(4, OUTPUT); //Green LED
    pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //RED LED
    // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows: 
    lcd.begin(16, 2);
    // Print a message to the LCD.
    lcd.print("hello, world!");
}

int checkInput() {
  if(digitalRead(1)==0) {
    return 1;
  } else {
    return 0;
  }
}

}
void loop(){

// set the cursor to column 0, line 1
// (note: line 1 is the second row, since counting begins with 0):
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
// print the number of seconds since reset:
lcd.print(millis()/1000);

  if(digitalRead(1) == 0){
    if(currentLED == 4) {
      digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
      delay(200);
      digitalWrite(4, LOW);
      delay(200);
      digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
      delay(200);
      digitalWrite(4, LOW);
      delay(200);
      delayValue = delayValue - 10;
    } else {
      digitalWrite(currentLED, HIGH);
      delay(200);
      digitalWrite(currentLED, LOW);
      delay(200);
      digitalWrite(currentLED, HIGH);
      delay(200);
      digitalWrite(currentLED, LOW);
      delay(200);
    }
  }
  digitalWrite(currentLED, HIGH);
  delay(delayValue);
  digitalWrite(currentLED, LOW);
  delay(delayValue);
  currentLED = currentLED + 1;
  if(currentLED > 5) {
    currentLED = 2;
  }
}

Answer 1

NB: I realise this is an old question by now, and should probably be migrated to Arduino SE, but questions without answers are just noise, so I'll plum for an answer..

Arduino UNO R3 Plus Digital Pins Overused?

Or to rephrase: Can an Arduino UNO drive both an LCD and series of LEDs together?

The answer is of course a definite yes.. here's an example of it working.

If the Fritzing diagram in the question can be believed, the primary reason why the circuit was not working as expected is because the LCD is not wired correctly (as pointed out by Ignacio in the comments). In particular, the pot is not doing it's job to adjust contrast, but is pulling RS high.

Fritzing is a good tool, but it is worth getting used to the schematic view. It can make problems like this self-evident, when they are so easy to miss in the breadboard view.