I use the dual row 0.1" headers to connect the LCD module to my main PCB with the PIC. As an aside, check out www.crystalfontz.com as a source for inexpensive (10 or more) LCD modules. I use the 8x2 module without backlight and the cost is around $5 in qty of 10. Much less than the Optrex modules from say Digi-Key (where I buy all of my other parts.) You can see a picture of my design at www.wizbangdesigns.com on the products page. The schematics are available on the downloads page. This is my first pass at the web site. I'll have much more about the product design cycle and PICs in general. The schematics and source for all my projects will be published on the site. Tom www.wizbangdesigns.com H-bent on a path towards self-emplyment! --- In piclist1@yahoogroups.com, Leon Heller wrote: > In message <9711300251.AA19460@c...>, Tom Sgouros > writes > > [deleted] > > >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? > > Maplin sells snap-off strips of turned-pin plugs and sockets that I have > used to connect an LCD display to a piece of Veroboard in a mother-board > - daughter-board arrangement. The plugs are double-ended - one end is > soldered into the hole in the display, the other end is about the same > size as an IC pin. This is the neatest way I have found of connecting > these displays. > > Leon > -- > Leon Heller: leon@l... http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk > Amateur Radio Callsign G1HSM Tel: +44 (0) 118 947 1424 > See http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk/rcm.htm for details of a > low-cost reconfigurable computing module using the XC6216 FPGA -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.