So I have an LCD I use in a project at work (One of the New Haven Displays). To connect to it, it has a standard 0.1" pitch single row of connectors. However, I use a ribbon cable to a standard 2x8 dual row, 0.1" pitch header. Making the cable to connect these is actually pretty time consuming since I have to strip the ribbon cable back individually.
Here is the question: Does anyone know of someone/place that sells a PCB that converts from a 16 Pin Through hole Single Row 0.1" SIP to a through hole dual row 0.1" 2x8 header? I have looked but not found anything.
I can make this easily myself, but I thought it would be worth asking if anyone has seen one already made and easily ordered.
Get a bundle of 16 cables. At one end, plug it into your 16 pin SIP. At the other end, separate the cables at the 8 cable position, and connect the first 8 to the first row, and the second 8 to the second row. You would need to figure out if you want M-M, M-F, or F-F, depending on your two cables.
Or, get the appropriate headers and crimp pins from a place like Pololu, and make 1 cable end that is 2x8 and the other 1x16 (presumably with a rainbow pack to save on making the cables, unless you want to do that also). Here is a post where I talked about this: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=197394.msg1457119#msg1457119
I have started looking at that, as I found out about it (From that thread) around the same time I posted here. Since this is going into a production unit at work, it will come down to a cost/time/How professional will it look type of thing, though I plan to bring this up as an option.