Hi all,I just received a 16x2 LCD from eBay. I've never used one of these beforeand am wondering what's the best way to connect to it with a breadboard...I was thinking of something non-permanent. It has through holes withdouble sided pads for the 16-pin connection, like this:I thought of taking a 16-pin male header thingamajig (not sure whatit's called) with wire-wrap pins and soldering the short ends to the PCBon the LCD module, but that'd be messy to remove later. Anysuggestions of a non-permanent way to hook it up?Thanks!Dan Lenski

How to connect an LCD module non-permanently

Dec 12, 2005 3 Replies

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Dan Lenski 20 years ago

Hi all, I just received a 16x2 LCD from eBay. I've never used one of these before and am wondering what's the best way to connect to it with a breadboard... I was thinking of something non-permanent. It has through holes with double sided pads for the 16-pin connection, like this:

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I thought of taking a 16-pin male header thingamajig (not sure what it's called) with wire-wrap pins and soldering the short ends to the PCB on the LCD module, but that'd be messy to remove later. Any suggestions of a non-permanent way to hook it up?

Thanks!

Dan Lenski

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dlenski 20 years ago

Thanks! Uh, what exactly *is* a pin header? Is it just a strip of pins that looks like they could plug into an IC socket?

I have some of those, but it looks like I would need to actually solder it to connect it to the LCD module...

Dan

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Rich Grise 20 years ago

Yes, you solder those into the holes, like the jumpers you see on your MB, and plug in the mating connector.

Good Luck! Rich

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Deefoo 20 years ago

With a pin header and a connector?

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