> Just out of interest how much current does an LCD draw? I know they are
> voltage driven devices, but will a PIC object to having the BP connected
to
> one of its pins without a transistor there? I don't want to blow the PIC
up
> because I was trying to draw too much current from it. Assume all the
> segments are lit up, whats the current on the BP likely to be?

Near zero. The only current you should have is a pulse each time the pin
changes state to charge the capacitance of the LCD.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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