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I bought some iPhone 6 Plus 5.5" LCD Display Screen Backlights. My goal is to use these as sculptures, not to fix old phones. I just need to know the PINOUT - what voltage to apply to which pin to get it to light up. I did a bunch of research and I found that some of these backlights require both 12v and 16v and some have multiple ‘hot’ pins. Seems like all the backlights are a bit different and I can’t find the PINOUT for this model. I’m also wondering if these backlights need resistors or if there are tiny resistors in there somewhere already?
Or anyone know of a simpler phone backlight? doesn’t have to be this exact model, doesn’t have to be iPhones, any kind of phone backlight could be fine. Ideally, it would be 5v but I bought step-up buck converters so higher voltage is fine also. Simpler wiring situation (2 or 3 pin?) would be helpful. iPad backlights would be an interesting option also but do they also have mutiple voltages?
Hey everyone, thanks for helping me get the answer to a simple but obscure technical question. I have reached the limit of my electrical hacking. I really appreciate it! Update (02/10/2020) ahh, now that i look closer i see there are 6 pins! here is a photo just FYI
ari this should be for the 6 S backlight and similar to the ones you are looking at. Count the pins with the light facing up and the connector down from left to right: pins 1 & 2 = ground pin 3 = +18V pin 4 = +12v (a 300ohm resistor will illuminate both sections equally) pins 5 & 6 = ground
