Electronics Help me wire up my LCD

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  1. Bboy_Jon

    Bboy_Jon Minimodder

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    Alrighty then, this is the LCD i have

    http://www.character-lcd-lcds.shopeio.com/inventory/details.asp?id=436

    heres the spreadsheet/datasheet

    http://www.eio.com/l1682.pdf

    Now how do i wire this? i dont really have money for potentiometers (heh pretty sad) nor do i want to whip out 5 bucks for shipping 2 89 cent things so screw em, im just gonna go with resistors. But which one for the contrast and which for the backlight?

    Ok so pin 1 is GND, and pin 2 is +5V, so too hook up the power i just solder a molex to it right? Put a black wire to pin 1 (GND) and then pin 2 (+5V) to a red wire? or is it yellow?

    Ok now for the the back light. How do i wire this up? 15 is anode, and 16 is cathode. (cathode is positive right?) so do i just wire this directly up to the power for the lcd? what goes to what? (does the cathode got to pin 2 (+5v) or what?)

    what about contrast, what do i wire that to? a resistor? if so which?
     

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