gnupic: Connecting an LCD Display to RS232 Interface
Subject:
Connecting an LCD Display to RS232 Interface
From:
"Deadly Earnest" ####@####.####
Date:
6 Apr 2006 11:31:17 +0100
Message-Id: <dea40b2c0604060331t58a85458lbdcf3d77e32341b9@mail.gmail.com>
Hello all,
First post on this list so go easy on me. I'm new to this game so
there's bound to be a few bobos.
The place where I work was throwing out some old stuff and I grabbed an LCD
Display which is connected via a ribbon cable to a smaller PCB. Now the
smaller PCB has a surface mount PIC 16C62A on it and three wires coming off
it. I'm assuming that the three wires are a serial interface to the LCD, and
the PIC does the work of converting to parallel for the ribbon cable. To
test this theory out I was thinking of connecting up the three wires to the
serial port of a PC and connecting minicom to it and seeing if I can get
anything out of it.
Does the above make any sense or am I going to blow something up?
I was hoping if I could work out how the LCD unit works to incorporate it
into a project. There's no markings on the unit that get me anything on the
internet. I was hoping that I'd get details on it however it looks like I'll
just have to probe it.
Thanks for any help
John
