Hmm, so I purchased one of these 24x8 character LCD's off of ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SERIAL-24-x-8-LCD-WITH-CONTROLLER_W0QQitemZ120093993964QQihZ002QQcategoryZ50915QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem)
Whenever I power it on, though, all of the blocks turn on and come up solid, and I can't get any response from the serial port. Is it probably broken? I think I accidentally reversed the polarity when I was initially wiring it, but that usually doesn't kill electronics completely. I've just never had that happen with an lcd display before...hmm.
Whenever I power it on, though, all of the blocks turn on and come up solid, and I can't get any response from the serial port. Is it probably broken? I think I accidentally reversed the polarity when I was initially wiring it, but that usually doesn't kill electronics completely. I've just never had that happen with an lcd display before...hmm.