[sdiy] LCD datasheet required

[David Brown]

What do you plan on driving it with?  I have schematics on my site 
for an AVR interface.  I always use 8 bit.  You can use 4 bit and 
save some pins.

Dave

At 01:10 PM 1/31/2010, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>You're dead right, Dave.
>
>Buzzing the final two pins through shows that they're connected to
>the A and K backlight connections at the other end.
>
>So it looks like it's a 2x7 connector, which we think is ribbon-cable
>format, with two extra backlight pins at the bottom? I'll go and try
>it...
>
>Thanks,
>T.
>
>On 31 Jan 2010, at 19:58, David Brown wrote:
>
>>I haven't used one but it looks like a 2x8 connector.  My 2X40 LCD,
>>and many I have used, have a 2X7 connector.  I'm guessing pins 1-14
>>are (might be) the standard 14 pin interface and the last two pins
>>are something else.  Pin 1 looks to be ground which corresponds to
>>pin 1 of the standard 14 pin interface.
>>
>>Typically, the backlight is the two pins on the opposite end, but
>>might they have brought these to the other side for the extra two
>>pins.  It always is a pain to use two cables.  Are there traces to
>>the last two pins?
>>
>>Just a guess, mind you.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 11:24 AM 1/31/2010, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>>>Has anyone used one of these Samsung 2x40 LCDs?
>>>
>>>http://www.shopeio.com/inventory/details.asp? 
>>>id=464&cat=Lcds&sub=Character%20Lcd
>>>
>>>If so, do you have any data on it? I'm struggling to work out the
>>>pinout.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Tom