>I recently purchases an LCD display, 16x2, from BG Micro. It has a
>backlight, but I can't seem to get it working (the display itself works
>fine). It looks like there is a seperate V+ and GND wire, but when I feed
>it 5v, nothing happens. I am afraid to feed it more because I don't want
>to damage it, plus I assume i'd at least see a tiny glow.. Any information
>you can offer as to the typical function/requirements of LCD backlights
>such as this would be appreciated. Thanks everyone...

Is the backlight an LED or EL?  If it's EL you'll need to feed it around
100V AC to see it light up.

Regards
Jean-Michel.

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