OK, so I picked up the package from HaoRan LCD company and examined
their LCDs. Two observations, one expected, the other unexpected:
The expected observation: the end of the FPC tail that is meant to go
into a connector has straight edges, the corners are sharp 90 deg, no
rounding.
The unexpect
> [...] this idea will NOT work for our FreeCalypso handset. Our PCB will
> have 8 layers with lots of traces on every layer (intricate 2+4+2 HDI
> structure with inner buried vias and two levels of staggered microvias
> on each side), and the width of the PCB will extend only slightly past
> the w
Hi Mychaela,
> * For the data and control lines, the other end of the wire would need
> to go to a pin on an FT2232D breakout board just like the ones we use
> for FCDEV3B UARTs - how would this connection be made?
Each Kynar wire would be soldered to a classic 2.54mm female wire that can
be plug
Hi Arsenijs!
> A common practice is also putting the connector on the other side of
> the PCB, then making a slot which the cable is supposed to go through.
> This way, you don't have to worry about LCD and the connector
> occupying the same space.
Startek folks (one of the two LCD vendors I am w
> At first I thought "OK, fine, I'll just put the needed FPC connector
> on our board", but then I realized that there is a problem: where will
> the body of the connector go? Two solid objects cannot occupy the
> same space at the same time... How can the LCD rest flat against the
> PCB surface if
