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Re: anyone else use the I2C bus?

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Originally Posted by virtuald View Post
We tried to use an I2C LCD from New Haven to work also, but unfortunately we weren't ever able to get it to work and gave up due to time constraints.
The New Haven display we used needed to have a jumper soldered onto the PCB traces to enable I2C communication. Check the New Haven literature to see if the model you used needed this jumper. The pads were not drilled so you needed to surface solder a very short piece of bare copper wire across the two adjacent pads.
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