Hi,
  I've just found a bag of calculator LCDs in my junkbox, complete with
zebra-strip connectors. Thing is, I have no idea what the pinouts of these
displays are. Has anyone here ever repurposed a calculator LCD to the point
of reversing the pinouts and hooking one up to, say, a PIC?

  If not, I'll see about reverse engineering the pinout at some point. I
guess the best method would be to generate a 3V 50Hz square wave to use as
the backplane signal, then feed it through an inverter to get the segment
signal. Then it's just a case of picking two pins and probing the display...
I suppose I'm going to have to mount it in front of a mirror or something,
unless anyone can think of another way to probe the contacts on the back of
the display while still being able to see the front of the display itself...

Thanks.
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