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--- a_massive_gotchya [2017/03/11 16:52] – [Regarding the 40x2 LCD] walkeradmin
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 Below is a picture of the connector, and you can see where pin 1 is written on the PCB. When I tested the LCD (before I had any PCBs made) I used jumper cables, and put the correct pin (using Pin 1 on the LCD PCB as a reference) and all worked fine. (When I say I used Pin 1 on the LCD PCB I mean the white number 1 on the board.
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+So please <color red>thoroughly check</color> any hardware you are thinking of using.
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-This meant that when I made my ribbon cable, nothing worked.
+This meant that when I made my ribbon cable, nothing worked. There was a very simple fix for this however (luckily) we replicated the LDC error (inverted 16 way header) on our driver board (put our 16 way header on the opposite side of the PCB) and it all worked, lucky but very frustrating.
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