My son has been assembling the mini LCD message board kit MK157.
He has damaged the female connector in figure 8.
I have tried to obtain a replacement from Maplins to no avail. Could you advise where I may be able to obtain onr from also what I should be asking for.
Kind regards
hi,
You could try CPC,Rapid or alternatively, just solder the wires to the circuit board.
I hope I have helped a little,
fish
The nearly-identical kit MK158 (has a serial interface and an enclosure) uses a similar LCD display.
It does not use a female connector strip on the LCD module, but relies on the pins of the pin-strip to reach from the LCD module to the printed circuit board.
I wonder if the same technique could be adapted for the MK157?
Additional 0.1in pinstrips are available cheaply from Maplin in the UK.
The instruction/assembly manual for the MK158 kit is at -
velleman.be/downloads/0/inst … 158_uk.pdf