At 16:00 1998-01-28 +1300, you wrote:
>Drive the power to the LCD from a PIC pin rather than +5V, then you can
>pull it low and back high under program control. The current drain will
>be minimal, I'd imagine.
>
The LCD is problably a strong capacitive load (decoupling caps at the drive
chips). Take care you don«t get a spike on PIC internal supply!
/Morgan
Morgan Olsson, MORGANS REGLERTEKNIK, Sweden, ph: +46 (0)414 70741; fax 70331
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