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OT: Soldering LCDs

2003-12-01 by Adam Bradley

Hi!

After a short hiatus (house painting, travel etc) I'm back trying to 
get my LCD to work!

After soldering a couple of jumpers on a board with some pitted 
tracks,  I _have_ managed to get the LCD to work.  However, not 
reliably.  My issue now seems to be soldering the SIL header to the 
LCD and the lack of positive contact between the pins/sockets.

The LCD would appear to be at least doubled sided, with tracks on 
both sides.  Do I need to solder both sides of the LCD to the SIL?

TIA,
Adam

PS: LCD's sure are hard to de-solder!

Re: OT: Soldering LCDs

2003-12-01 by moriarty70

Umm, are you soldering to the contact areas on the glass??  

I believe that the proper way to make contact with a glass LCD is with
a "zebra strip".

Googling for the terms LCD ZEBRA STRIP brings up some information.

Have Fun!

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Adam Bradley" <adam_j_bradley@y...>
wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> After a short hiatus (house painting, travel etc) I'm back trying
to

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> get my LCD to work!
> 
> After soldering a couple of jumpers on a board with some pitted 
> tracks,  I _have_ managed to get the LCD to work.  However, not 
> reliably.  My issue now seems to be soldering the SIL header to the 
> LCD and the lack of positive contact between the pins/sockets.
> 
> The LCD would appear to be at least doubled sided, with tracks on 
> both sides.  Do I need to solder both sides of the LCD to the SIL?
> 
> TIA,
> Adam
> 
> PS: LCD's sure are hard to de-solder!

RE: [AVR-Chat] OT: Soldering LCDs

2003-12-01 by Al Welchaxxiom

We solder 16 pin headers onto LCDs all the time. Perhaps your soldering temp
or choice of solder is the problem?

Al Welch

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Bradley [mailto:adam_j_bradley@yahoo.com] 
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Subject: [AVR-Chat] OT: Soldering LCDs

Hi!

After a short hiatus (house painting, travel etc) I'm back trying to get my
LCD to work!

After soldering a couple of jumpers on a board with some pitted tracks,  I
_have_ managed to get the LCD to work.  However, not reliably.  My issue now
seems to be soldering the SIL header to the LCD and the lack of positive
contact between the pins/sockets.

The LCD would appear to be at least doubled sided, with tracks on both
sides.  Do I need to solder both sides of the LCD to the SIL?

TIA,
Adam

PS: LCD's sure are hard to de-solder!

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