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Basic Electronics » LCD Only showing 2 black Lines ?????

June 05, 2011
by mja
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I have read through threads regarding the 2 Black Lines on the LCD.

I am just trying the first project and amnot getting the message, just 2 black Lines. I have rewired and made sure the wires are correct. I will upload some pics of the project.

Thanks

Mo

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June 05, 2011
by Ralphxyz
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Well first thing where is your programming switch on pin14?

Ralph

June 05, 2011
by mja
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Hi, I havent got to that part yet, At this point it should just show message when the battery is connected, does the wiring look ok to you.

Thanks for helping.

Mo

June 05, 2011
by missle3944
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Hi mja,

I'd double check the wires going into the lcd becuase you always need to have good connections in it. And also double or triple check your lcd wiring becuase it can be a pain in the #ss if you have wires going in every direction.

Also the pictures look a little blurry so it is hard to tell were some of the pins are. If you repost more clearer photos it might help :).

For some reason it looks like the top pic doesn't have pins 13 and 12 of the lcd wired up. I'm not sure. It also looks funny because you have it on top of a box of breadboard wire so it is confusing on the top photo.

-missle3944

June 05, 2011
by missle3944
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Did you end up getting it to work?

June 06, 2011
by mja
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Still no luck , tried to put an led on board point 27 to see if the code was working, as suggested by Humberto but the led doesn't come on at all, its supposed to blink.

I will be going over all the wiring tonight and hopefully get it working.

Mo

June 06, 2011
by mja
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Hi, Ive got it all sorted, It was the chip, it had lost its flash, i reloaded the intialload file and all is well.

Thanks for all the helped.

Mo

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