Picked Up a VFD Display

[Bing Fung]

I picked up a 20x2 Vacuumn Florescent Display for my Lian-Li.

This one is the do it yourself Noritake that uses the parallel port.

Following are a few pictures of the process.


Bare display


Parts assembled


Soldering cord to VFD


Done and tied off


Assembly of the DB25


Completed System











WinAmp Data



Nuff said


Now if I can sortout how to get MBM5 to port the rest of the system info I would be happy...

Once I'm done testing, I''ll most likely place it into the Lian-Li in the upper bay. Unless I come up with something else. I do have this 5" full color VGA LCD monitor I was thinking of using as well...




Bing

[Andrew Pratt]

Just when you think bings don't all he can to show off his wizzardy here he goes again! You're amazing bing 8O

[SiliGoose]

Very cool Bing! What software are you using to send the text to the display?

Where are you going to mount it? I assume in an unused drive bay?




-Sili

[Bing Fung]

Thanks Andrew, small stuff, however coming from you that means a lot

Sili, I'm using LCDcenter to drive it. it's a cool app that has lot of support for general purpose coms, Winamp, motherboard monitor...etc..



More here

I think it will go into the top 5.25 bay. I was also pondering mounting it in a small box, tacked somewhere on the lower portion of my Monitor.




Bing

[Trevor Schell]

That is just too Cool!!!..Bingaroni. :P :P

I want one and need you to direct me to one.

Cooler than cool..Too Cool!!




Trevor
My HomeTheater S.E.
Sonically Enhanced
C5

[Bing Fung]

Well Trev, if your interested, you can have this one...... I'll just make another

It was to go into my new case which won't ever be ready my Lex's count (and by mine).




Bing

[Trevor Schell]

Hey Bing!!,
Thanks,
But I will just buy one..
Just let me know where to get one.




Trevor
My HomeTheater S.E.
Sonically Enhanced
C5

[Bing Fung]

Trev I ordered mine from DigiKey

Do a search on Noritake. The Item is # 286-1004-ND. It is the bare VFD and not a kit. I assembled everything myself.

The display is $114 cdn

You'll need a Male DB25 connector, 12 conductor wire or ribbon cord, Female Molex connector, power wires and a filter for the glass (it's non polorized) I scrounged most of this stuff from my parts bins :P

Insure you have an open Parallel port (printer port) for this VFD communications link.

Let me know if you need a hand




Bing

[Jon]

Hey Bing, thought I may as well sign up here since that's where you hang out... very cool display, its making my mouth water, you know how I love that stuff I noticed ya took the pictures of your car etc off your site, hope there coming back, I liked to droll over those rims....

Nice too see another fellow Winnipegger on here too!

Jon

[Andrew Pratt]

Nice to see another 'pegger on the forum! Welcome to the guide site.

[Bing Fung]

Hey Jon, good to see you join up on the HTG!

We actually have quite a few Winnipeggers here on the forum, Welcome!

Jon and I use to work together. He was part of our IT group and is one of the main reasons I'm a hardware nut. We spent many hours and days disscussing how to overclock everything from CPU's to GPU's. Jon however is more hardcore :LOL:




Bing

[Jon]

Well I my be a little crazier with the CPU voltage, but you got all the coolest gizmos 8)

BTW any one want to buy an Athlon 700 (o/c's to 800) with a very large fan on a brand new Abit KA7 Motherboard? $160 CDN, no tax. With some good quality RAM I am sure this thing could get to 900. Maybe I'll test that when the RMA'd board gets in. All the capacitors on the original KA7 blew up, too much overclocking I think... :twisted:
here's the pic

http://jnjschneider.com/jjfun/PIC_1_SM.jpg

[Bing Fung]

Yup, you know you have hit an OC ceiling once the caps start to blow 8O :LOL: 8) :twisted: ... Heheh, Like I said HARDCORE!

Jon is the type of IT guy that would OC corporate servers if he could get away with it. LOL!




Bing