diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a3086c..b4779e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 - New `DisplayError` variant `RSError` to use with problems with the display's reset signal
 - New `DisplayError` variant `OutOfBoundsError` to use when writing to a non-existing pixel outside the display's bounds
+- parallel-gpio: New `OutputBus` trait
+- parallel-gpio: Added `Generic8BitBus`, an implementation of `OutputBus`
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Return `DCError` instead of `BusWriteError` on errors (de-)asserting the DC signal in 8-bit GPIO interfaces
+- **Breaking** parallel-gpio: `PGPIO8BitInterface` now uses any 8-bit impementation of `OutputBus` instead of 8 individual pins
 
 ## [v0.4.0] - 2020-05-25
 
diff --git a/parallel-gpio/src/lib.rs b/parallel-gpio/src/lib.rs
index 82a4d3e..cda64ea 100644
--- a/parallel-gpio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/parallel-gpio/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,182 +6,148 @@ use embedded_hal::digital::v2::OutputPin;
 
 pub use display_interface::{DataFormat, DisplayError, WriteOnlyDataCommand};
 
+/// This trait represents the data pins of a parallel bus.
+///
+/// See [Generic8BitBus] for a generic implementation.
+pub trait OutputBus {
+    /// [u8] for 8-bit busses, [u16] for 16-bit busses, etc.
+    type Word: Copy;
+
+    fn set_value(&mut self, value: Self::Word) -> Result<(), DisplayError>;
+}
+
+macro_rules! generic_bus {
+    ($GenericxBitBus:ident { type Word = $Word:ident; Pins {$($PX:ident => $x:tt,)*}}) => {
+        /// A generic implementation of [OutputBus] using [OutputPin]s
+        pub struct $GenericxBitBus<$($PX, )*> {
+            pins: ($($PX, )*),
+            last: $Word,
+        }
+
+        impl<$($PX, )*> $GenericxBitBus<$($PX, )*>
+        where
+            $($PX: OutputPin, )*
+        {
+            /// Creates a new instance and initializes the bus to `0`.
+            ///
+            /// The first pin in the tuple is the least significant bit.
+            pub fn new(pins: ($($PX, )*)) -> Result<Self, DisplayError> {
+                let mut bus = Self { pins, last: $Word::MAX };
+
+                // By setting `last` to all ones, we ensure that this will update all the pins
+                bus.set_value(0)?;
+
+                Ok(bus)
+            }
+
+            /// Consumes the bus and returns the pins. This does not change the state of the pins.
+            pub fn release(self) -> ($($PX, )*) {
+                self.pins
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl<$($PX, )*> OutputBus
+            for $GenericxBitBus<$($PX, )*>
+        where
+            $($PX: OutputPin, )*
+        {
+            type Word = $Word;
+
+            fn set_value(&mut self, value: Self::Word) -> Result<(), DisplayError> {
+                let changed = value ^ self.last;
+
+                // It's quite common for multiple consecutive values to be identical, e.g. when filling or
+                // clearing the screen, so let's optimize for that case
+                if changed != 0 {
+                    $(
+                        let mask = 1 << $x;
+                        if changed & mask != 0 {
+                            if value & mask != 0 {
+                                self.pins.$x.set_high()
+                            } else {
+                                self.pins.$x.set_low()
+                            }
+                            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?;
+                        }
+                    )*
+
+                    self.last = value;
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl<$($PX, )*> core::convert::TryFrom<($($PX, )*)>
+            for $GenericxBitBus<$($PX, )*>
+        where
+            $($PX: OutputPin, )*
+        {
+            type Error = DisplayError;
+
+            fn try_from(pins: ($($PX, )*)) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+                Self::new(pins)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+generic_bus! {
+    Generic8BitBus {
+        type Word = u8;
+        Pins {
+            P0 => 0,
+            P1 => 1,
+            P2 => 2,
+            P3 => 3,
+            P4 => 4,
+            P5 => 5,
+            P6 => 6,
+            P7 => 7,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Parallel 8 Bit communication interface
 ///
 /// This interface implements an 8-Bit "8080" style write-only display interface using any
-/// `embedded_hal` `digital::v2::OutputPin` implementation.
-///
-/// For the 8-Bit implementation you need to provide 8 types implementing `OutputPin` which
-/// ressemble the bits 0 through 7 (which bit 0 being the LSB and 7 the MSB) as well as one
+/// 8-bit [OutputBus] implementation as well as one
 /// `OutputPin` for the data/command selection and one `OutputPin` for the write-enable flag.
 ///
 /// All pins are supposed to be high-active, high for the D/C pin meaning "data" and the
 /// write-enable being pulled low before the setting of the bits and supposed to be sampled at a
 /// low to high edge.
-pub struct PGPIO8BitInterface<P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, DC, WR> {
-    p0: P0,
-    p1: P1,
-    p2: P2,
-    p3: P3,
-    p4: P4,
-    p5: P5,
-    p6: P6,
-    p7: P7,
+pub struct PGPIO8BitInterface<BUS, DC, WR> {
+    bus: BUS,
     dc: DC,
     wr: WR,
-    last: u8,
 }
 
-impl<P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, DC, WR>
-    PGPIO8BitInterface<P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, DC, WR>
+impl<BUS, DC, WR> PGPIO8BitInterface<BUS, DC, WR>
 where
-    P0: OutputPin,
-    P1: OutputPin,
-    P2: OutputPin,
-    P3: OutputPin,
-    P4: OutputPin,
-    P5: OutputPin,
-    P6: OutputPin,
-    P7: OutputPin,
+    BUS: OutputBus<Word = u8>,
     DC: OutputPin,
     WR: OutputPin,
 {
     /// Create new parallel GPIO interface for communication with a display driver
-    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
-    pub fn new(
-        p0: P0,
-        p1: P1,
-        p2: P2,
-        p3: P3,
-        p4: P4,
-        p5: P5,
-        p6: P6,
-        p7: P7,
-        dc: DC,
-        wr: WR,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            p0,
-            p1,
-            p2,
-            p3,
-            p4,
-            p5,
-            p6,
-            p7,
-            dc,
-            wr,
-            last: 0,
-        }
+    pub fn new(bus: BUS, dc: DC, wr: WR) -> Self {
+        Self { bus, dc, wr }
     }
 
     /// Consume the display interface and return
-    /// the GPIO pins used by it
-    pub fn release(self) -> (P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, DC, WR) {
-        (
-            self.p0, self.p1, self.p2, self.p3, self.p4, self.p5, self.p6, self.p7, self.dc,
-            self.wr,
-        )
+    /// the bus and GPIO pins used by it
+    pub fn release(self) -> (BUS, DC, WR) {
+        (self.bus, self.dc, self.wr)
     }
 
     fn set_value(self: &mut Self, value: u8) -> Result<(), DisplayError> {
-        let changed = value ^ self.last;
-
-        // It's quite common for multiple consecutive values to be identical, e.g. when filling or
-        // clearing the screen, so let's optimize for that case
-        if changed == 0 {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-
-        self.last = value;
-
-        if changed & 1 != 0 {
-            if value & 1 != 0 {
-                self.p0.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p0.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 2 != 0 {
-            if value & 2 != 0 {
-                self.p1.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p1.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 4 != 0 {
-            if value & 4 != 0 {
-                self.p2.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p2.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 8 != 0 {
-            if value & 8 != 0 {
-                self.p3.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p3.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 16 != 0 {
-            if value & 16 != 0 {
-                self.p4.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p4.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 32 != 0 {
-            if value & 32 != 0 {
-                self.p5.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p5.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 64 != 0 {
-            if value & 64 != 0 {
-                self.p6.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p6.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        if changed & 128 != 0 {
-            if value & 128 != 0 {
-                self.p7.set_high()
-            } else {
-                self.p7.set_low()
-            }
-            .map_err(|_| DisplayError::BusWriteError)?
-        };
-
-        Ok(())
+        self.bus.set_value(value)
     }
 }
 
-impl<P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, DC, WR> WriteOnlyDataCommand
-    for PGPIO8BitInterface<P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, DC, WR>
+impl<BUS, DC, WR> WriteOnlyDataCommand for PGPIO8BitInterface<BUS, DC, WR>
 where
-    P0: OutputPin,
-    P1: OutputPin,
-    P2: OutputPin,
-    P3: OutputPin,
-    P4: OutputPin,
-    P5: OutputPin,
-    P6: OutputPin,
-    P7: OutputPin,
+    BUS: OutputBus<Word = u8>,
     DC: OutputPin,
     WR: OutputPin,
 {