> Why not try it? If you're sure about the supply pins, there's much less
> risk of frying the display (unless you feed it some VPP, which I did
> once) just by sending data to it.

Sure I'll try it!


> Mine too. Or I can connect it the other way round, and have the marker
> on pin 2. Not much better IMHO so I soldered connectors to each end
> of a piece of ribbon cable, so I have a standard pin layout at the
> other end.

The cable is crimped to the connector that is soldered. I'm thinking
that it might be a proprietary display.


> I think you should try it, because if you ever need to replace it, a
> 16x2 lcd is very cheap (I got a 24X2  w/ backlight for 4$)

If I need to replace it I have a few more of those :-)

Regards,

-- 
Chetan Bhargava
Web: http://www.bhargavaz.net
Blog: http://microz.blogspot.com

-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist