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VFD Without computer

ComputerWizKid

ComputerWizKid

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How can I make my vfd run without the computer? I have the infamous BG Micro VFD. and all I want is a VFD(I don't like the new LED ones and I love the look of a VF Display) alarm clock so how hard would that be to do? Possibly with date.
 
This would be very difficult unless you know a lot about electronics. Basically you'd need a PIC microcontroller to display text on the VFD and some sort of electronic clock that can talk to the PIC
 
yeah its pretty difficult if you dont know much about electronics -

one way to do it:
use a PIC18 series microcontroller
use MPLAB + the free C18 compiler microchip puts out
write a program in C using the HD44780 LCD lib + a realtime clock in software
...but then you gotta write the hex file into the pic and you gotta build a programmer for that
 
Yup...PIC chips... best choice. The Programmers are usually available on ebay.
Plus you'll want to get some erasable chips for playing with...and an EEPROM eraser... it's all a big investment too

Jeff
 
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