Emax

Got mine today and fitted it...

Lovely lovely lovely.

Works really well. Black background with clear bright yellow (tending toward yellow-green IMHO) characters. 

As well as the display http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/16x2-Oled-Display-Yellow-85x36x10mm-57-2298 you just need to order one of these 2.54mm pitch headers http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Connectors/36-Way-Single-Row-Header-22-0545

I also used a small bolt and three nuts (2 as stand off, one to secure) on the opposite end from the header (the end where the old 2 pin backlight header was). There is a hole on the display and on the Emax board that lines up perfectly for this.

The depth is slightly more than the old unit due to a small inductor on the back of the display. It is enough to stop the header fitting snug to the Emax board, but it is under 1mm of a difference, and there is certainly that much wiggle room between the display and the front of the Emax rack, so no problems there!



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <freqspec@...> wrote:
>
> Im a donut the part no. is WEH001602C (85x36) no the one i mentioned below.
> I will try and post some pics by the weekend
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <freqspec@> wrote:
> >
> > just in case anyone is interested I purchased a WEH001602A-Y from rapidonline.com
> > i bought a pin header off ebay and soldered it on to the display plugged it in
> > and it worked. set me back 25 gbp in total and i didnt have to cut away at anything.
> > it just fitted straight in as the dimensions are exactly the same.
> > left pin 3 disconnected and desoldered the old backlight connecter and inverter.
> > the new display has 16 pins but you just leave 15-16 disconnected.
> > I hope this helps anyone wanting to upgrade their screen.
> > Thanks to everyone who supplied info before hand.
> >
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