I have an LCD module (Optrex DMC16204N-LR-B) with 15 pins of 2mm pitch, and I have to connect it to a 0.1" pitch solderless breadboard. Does anyone know what kind of adapter cable I can use? I searched the Mouser catalog but was presented with many unfamiliar options.
Such fun. You'd be amazed how many companies make incompatible connectors.
I usually end up asking the LCD distributor to supply the mating connector and pins ( remeber to order loads of the pins ) or a harness .
Graham
Do the single-ended DIP connectors have 2mm pitch ends which will fit to the LCD? I don't know the specifications of ribbon cable.
I know my way around Digikey better than Mouser so ...
What I use for exactly this is a ribbon cable with a DIP plug on one end. The DIP plug bridges the breadboard's "channel" for separation into two rows of eight. Take a look at this catalog page
If you already have pins on the LCD module and need a 2 mm receptacle, you might need to go with a "crimp individual pin" connector type. AFAIK, the 2 mm IDC connectors want 1 mm pitch ribbon cable but the
0.1" connectors want 0.05" pitch cable.-- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
The LCD has just holes. I am not allowed to solder yet, so should I connect what Digikey calls a "header" to it, like a "pin header"? Then attach a 2mm receptacle to the header, then the ribbon cable to this
2mm receptacle?
If the LCD just has holes (albeit at 2mm pitch) then separate, strip, and solder the end of the ribbon cable. Ribbon cable for 0.1" center ICD connectors is usually 0.05" pitch but if you're soldering them in place then it doesn't really matter. If there's already a pin-header on the LCD module, and you want/need to keep it, you'd probably have to get a
2mm receptacle into which you can insert crimped (or soldered) females.-- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
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