Content for VFD

Vacuum Fluorescent Display Clock

“Despite the fact that it’s been around for a long time, the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is still a very attractive type of display. It’s viewable in bright light but is easily dimmable for comfortable viewing in the …

VFD Alarm Clock

“After the successful completion of the XIV Nixie Clock which was Direct/Static Driven, I was keen to start work on a new clock which was based on the Multiplexing(Dynamic) or MUX principle of operation, known also as Muxing …

Vacuum Fluorescent Display Watch

“That whole project started a while back with an hackaday article from 2014 in which [Johngineer] build the ‘ChronodeVFD’, a wristwatch made from an old soviet vacuum fluorescent display. It kind of triggered the ‘shut up and take my money …

Vacuum Fluorescent Display Controller

“A simple interface circuit to drive VFD displays. No fancy parts required, and runs on serial communication. What’s the Use? VFD displays are not trending anymore for some obvious reasons, they are made of glass (“uh cool!”), have an …

Particle Weather VFD

“A retro VFD weather display project powered by Weather Underground and Particle. This project displays weather from Weather Underground on a serial vacuum fluorescent display (VFD).”

Arduino based digital scale with HX711 and VFD display

“This is a simple precision scale project that employs a cool VFD display. The display is connected to the Arduino by asysnchronous serial interface 57600 allowing a satisfactory fast data refresh. The HX711 uses pins A0 and A1 of the …

MSP430 VFD Clock Manhattan Style

“I wanted to do a follow-up to my last clock build, the MSP430 Analog Gauge Clock, reusing some of the code from that project, and I had an IV-18 vacuum florescent display (VFD) tube that I bought on Ebay …

Restoring a VFD

“The nice thing about the Internet of Things is that it can take care of a whole lot of things online. All you need to do is whip out your phone, tablet, laptop or whatever, connect to the server and …