It'll probably be a standard 0.1" IDC connector - the sort of thing used
for computer disk drives etc. You fit a header to the board and solder
it in, then a female IDC connector and ribbon cable will plug into the
header.

> ----------
> From:         Eric van Es[SMTP:vanes@ILINK.NIS.ZA]
> Reply To:     pic microcontroller discussion list
> Sent:         Monday, December 01, 1997 6:05 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: seconds and interrupts
>
> Tom Sgouros wrote:
>
> > And finally, and a little off-topic, I have, to my great relief,
> > finished constructing the protoype of my first project using an LCD.
> > Now I wonder what is the `real' way to connect my PIC's board to the
> > little LCD controller board (from Optrex). The LCD board has 14
> little
> > copper pads along its edge, looking for all the world like they were
> > meant for some connector.  The problem is that I have no idea what
> > connector or what it's called.  Consulting catalogs has not helped
> so
> > far.  Perhaps somebody here can?
>
> Hi
>
> I've used steel pins (the type one's mother uses for sewing) and
> soldered
> them into those lil' holes. Then one can solder them into a pcb or
> plug it
> into a breadboard/veroboard.
>
> Cheap dirty nasty, but it works.
>
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