Born well into the transistor era of the late 80s, [Fernando] missed out on all the fun you can have with high voltage and vacuum tubes. He wanted to experience this very cool tech, but since you ...

Futaba makes vacuum florescent character displays that can be used as a drop-in replacement for common character LCDs. VFDs have a wider viewing angle, and generally look cooler. Futaba’s character ...

Noritake Itron’s high brightness VFD display modules provide keyboard designs with sub-16 key operation through to a PC keyboard capability. The 600 series products support local control applications ...

I am, as you may know, a sucker for watches that use older display technologies (see also Nixie tubes). For example, this cool watch by freelance engineer John De Cristofaro uses a vacuum fluorescent ...

Japanese peripherals vendor Soldam has announced a new vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) that fits into a standard 5.25-inch PC case slot. Called the ‘Visualizer,’ the unit also comes with the “WiNDy ...

Vacuum fluorescent displays (VFD) are voltage-controlled devices that provide high brightness and wide viewing angles. These relatively low-cost displays consist of a cathode, grid and anode sealed in ...

The VK202-25 is a VFD character display that outputs two line text by 20 columns. The display is designed as the display unit for an associated controller. The controller may be anything from a single ...

The MAX6851 is billed as the market's first I2C-compatible, vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) controller with embedded fonts, multiplex timing control, and filament timing. The device controls ...

This article presents a reference design for driving a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) using the MAX15005 power-supply controller in a flyback topology. The design obtains multiple output voltages ...

I have several Noritake 24 x 2 VFD displays and I would like to try some filters to see what colour combination I like the best. What should I try? Ideally I'm looking for something cheap and easily ...