markiemrboo Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 I'm looking for the following somewhere in the UK: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...roductId=119662 .. uhm... how do I tell like what width between the pins I need? That seemed to fit perfectly on his LCD! http://www.myrolypoly.com/lcd_project/lcd_...cs/IMG_0635.jpg Then I need.. http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...roductId=119648 Here's the blokes picture: http://www.myrolypoly.com/lcd_project/lcd_...cs/IMG_0660.jpg With that I don't mind if it's bigger than 14 pins or whatever, if it's bigger I will just hack it down.. so long as it fits the above connector all is good. The distance between the holes is around 2.5mm on this PCB, if that helps... anyone know what these things are called? If I knew what they were called I would look for them! EDIT: Alright, think I found one part ( the most important bit ) http://www.rapidelectronics.co.uk/rkmain.a...28949&XPAGENO=1 2.54mm 'pitch'.. I assume that means the width between each one? If so that's probably exactly what I am after... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 Maplin http://www.maplin.co.uk RS Components http://www.rswww.com if both of them don't have it i'll eat a raw egg, eggshell n all... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 I tried Maplin (first infact) and they didn't have either things. RS and Rapid have the .. pin headers (see my edit) on the right angle, but they don't have the.. block connector things I found http://www.dubilier.co.uk/showproducts.asp...BCPHC1604AG1XXX which has the right angle thing and the block connector on there somewhere. I think they're the right things. Can't see how to order from there though, so I emailed them and I will see what they say Need to find some resistors too apparently. Rargh! Don't wanna order those online somewhere else unless it's free shipping Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 woot! nrg....raw egg man!! mrboo....try ard electronics - mail order, very VERY fat catalogue ( i think ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 http://www.ardelectronics.com/ "error 'ASP 0115' Unexpected error /index.asp A trappable error occurred in an external object. The script cannot continue running." Good start Wonder how long it's been like that for! Poo! EDIT: ===== Is there such thing as like.. a 2.8Ohm resistor? Apparently I need one for the backlight (5 - 4.2) / 0.28 = 2.8 ish But the spec sheet says the absolute maximum is something around 500 milliamps so.. (5 - 4.2) / 0.5 = 1.6 Hum? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfox Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 try using internet explorer on their site. otherwise, call them and get a catalogue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 I actually found a bunch of resistors on... rswww.com There's 2r2, 2r4 and 2r7 ... so I got 10 of each of those just to make sure (dead cheap, don't let you order less than 10 anyway) Then there's various 'pots', so I got like.. two different types of 100R and two different types of 10k. They're all 'Cermet' .. no clue what that means. I've currently got a 100R and 10k 15 turn (what does THAT mean?!?) and a 100R and 10k 1 turn. Which would be the better one? 15 turn ones: http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/im...CF107660-01.jpg 1 turn ones: http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/im.../C374907-01.jpg I'm not an electronics wizz, so... forgive me for my stupid questions The 1 turn ones look more like the ones the bloke uses in the picture so maybe I should just go with those? Although the 100R 1 turn is a little different, but the same sorta idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 cermet is the type of resistance material i believe... the number of turns is the number of times you can turn the "dial" round on a pot... the more turns, the greater the accuracy maplin do resistors and pots... and also they do the 0.1" Series Socket Housing to fit onto the pcb pins http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...ldID=&doy=22m11 there's a 17-way one (Maplin code: RK69A) and it looks to me like there are 16 pins on that picture... bloody connection's timing out all over the place... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 yeah, I have been scouting around rswww for ages now trying to figure out exactly what I need. The only problem issss... the pins they only sell in packs of 100, which costs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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