Dave explains what Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFD's) are, how they work, and then hacks an interface and reverse engineers a surplus Babcock VF-0240-7 display from an industrial machine to make it work with an Arduino.<br /><br />UPDATE: Found the datasheet: http://www.eevblog.com/files/Babcock-VF0240.pdf<br /><br />Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-717-how-to-hack-vacuum-fluorescent-displays/<br /><br />TI TL4810 VFD Driver chip: http://html.alldatasheet.com/html-pdf/156237/TI/TL4810B/84/3/TL4810B.html<br />Another page with info on a different model:<br />http://www.geocities.ws/jmsjhs/VF-0140-24.html<br /><br />EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com<br />The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2<br /><br />Support the EEVblog through Patreon!<br />http://www.patreon.com/eevblog<br /><br />EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut):<br />http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20<br />Donations:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/donations/<br />Projects:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/projects/<br />Electronics Info Wiki:<br />http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/
