Got a new LCD today. After doing the power and ground connections I tested LCD. Backlight came on. Five seconds later, nothing. Then I realized that I accidentally soldered the socket the wrong way around (lesson 1) and did not double check it. I also realized how fragile LED's can be without a r…

Lessons learnt tonite

system May 26, 2010, 8:39pm 6

Good news is the LCD is functioning.

Bad news is that I probably needed to use a white LED instead of blue one. Small detail I will sort out tomorrow

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