Question on required Equipment

[fireform90]

I am considering purchase of:
CFAH1602B-TMC-JP
16x2 STN Blue
White Edge LED backlight

My question is will I need anything else in order to get this display working? I plan on modding my own 5.25 cover and using a spare serial cable I have.. Is there anything else I need?

[MWP]

That LCD is not a serial module... so itll have to be connected to your printer port.
That will mean either modifying an existing printer cable or creating a new cable from scratch. Either way itll mean doing some soldering.

[fireform90]

hmm.. Im not too afraid of sodering but is there any guides or wiring diagrams on how to do this? I cant really read any overly complex wiring diagrams, but my dad probobly can...

Also how hard is it to make a new cable from scratch? what kind of wire is used etc?

[MWP]

The wiring is quite easy... its just a matter of making sure you get the ends of the wires in the correct places.

You may want to look at this article:
http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_diy_lcd/

All the pin numbers on the LCD will be the same.
Except the CF LCD if backlit will have 15 and 16 which are for the backlight.

[justnic]

MWP,
This guide is very easy to falo but im not sue wat to do with pin 14 and 15 on the lcd{the backlight} wat do i hook them up to? Any help will be helpfull think you:)

lol im tired:o and i cant spell bad combination!

[MWP]

14 and 15 are the backlight supply and will have to go to either a pot + limiting resistor or just a resistor.

A rough guide would be:
the K pin to ground.
the A pin to a 68ohm resistor which then goes to the wiper of a 100ohm pot (or trimpot). One of the two pins left on the pot would then go to a +5V supply.

[specialk]

Actually 15 and 16 are the backlight power supply, not 14 and 15. Pin 14 is D7 (bit 7). Don't want to make a mistake and fudge up :p

-special [k]

[justnic]

I ment 15 and 16 just was tired i gess lol sorry for the confusion i think it was like 4:00 am lol