Joe G (Home) said:
It seems your part No is incorrect it should be PC-1602F
If PC-1602F is correct then the answer is Yes it has a backight.
It is a PC-1602F, I had to bend the LCD module - PCB mounting pins
to verify the part no. But I don't think all 1602F's are the same. -there are options.
You haven't answered the direct question. I want to know if the LCD supplied in
the Altronics/Silicon Chip May 1993 kit has one of the backlight options.
See details here.
http://tinyurl.com/22l3uh
This took 2 minutes to find on the internet ... so next time you can search
yourself.
Sigh.
I have already searched the 'net, long before I posted the question here.
There was no mention of backlighting in the Silicon Chip May 1993 article.
That was why I was hoping to get someone who knew something about the particular
Altronics/Silicon Chip May 1993 project kit to reply, someone who had bought the original
LCD kit supplied by Altronics, as I did.
Thanks for your time anyway, Joe.
Fritz
