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Hi All
To connect the GPIO extender card to the LCD a 26way extender cable is required.
I could not see one on the hardware list but sourced one.

https://wiki.batc.org.uk/DATV_Equipment_Shopping_List

When I push the IDC socket end on to the 40 pin plug on the GPIO board the adjacent pin is displaced.
What do constructors do.
a Cut off all remaining pins
b Use a 40 pin extension to LCD display
c Do not have this problem as you have used a smaller profile 26way extension

Thanks in advance

73

Nick
G1BVI

I used a 40-way for mine - but that was mainly because I couldn't see a 26-way from the place I was ordering other stuff from, and I didn't want to put another order in just for a 26-way cable.

I chose option (a) and cut off the ends of the other pins.

I used a 26 way cable and cut off the little latch that holds the two halves of the connector together. A small dab of glue and the two GPIO pins now locate in the space left by the locking tab.

73 Dave.

Thanks all.
Pins removed.
73

Nick
G1BVI
now to start some metal work, always the hard part