EEVblog #717 - How To Hack Vacuum Fluorescent Displays
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.
UPDATE: Found the datasheet: http://www.eevblog.com/files/Babcock-VF0240.pdf
Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-717-how-to-hack-vacuum-fluorescent-displays/
TI TL4810 VFD Driver chip: http://html.alldatasheet.com/html-pdf/156237/TI/TL4810B/84/3/TL4810B.html
Another page with info on a different model:
http://www.geocities.ws/jmsjhs/VF-0140-24.html
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