On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:04 PM, M. Adam Davis wrote: > I should point out that my soldering iron is set too high, and if you > look closely at the wire wrap version you'll see that the plastic is > warped and appears to be scorched in some spots. =A0It still works, but > a lower temperature is more appropiate. > > For the PCB version, the PCB was pre tinned, so I simply added flux, > then put the soldering iron on the PCB pad and pressed the flex > terminal onto the heated pad. =A0I then went back and added a little > solder after everything was tacked down, but even with a high > soldering iron temperature, the plastic was fine. > > You'll want to follow the manufacturer's recommendations for soldering > yours, but note that they are pretty robust and can be abused to some > degree for prototypes. =A0Plan on doing it correctly for units you plan > on distributing. =A0If you do need to do a lot of these, learn about > "hot bar soldering". Eventually, I had to discard the connector idea, since I guess contacts were not proper .., which led me to the idea of soldering. Initially it was a bit scary, but gathering courage, gave it a try. It was a bit painful, requiring a bit of dexterity. The biggest problem was the thickness of the wire such that i couldn't align the wires properly, which led me to solder the wires onto either side of the film (the film is PTH) You can see the display after soldering. http://img3.imageshack.us/i/img0997r.jpg/ Thanks for sharing the thought. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .