If you have used LCDs in projects before you have realized that to use the backlight on a LCD display you need large positive and negative voltages.
This circuit will help you create the voltages you need from a simple 2.5V to 6V input. I chose this circuit since many of my projects run off of two AA batteries. The one IC in this circuit, LT3587, generates two positive and one negative high voltage supply.
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