[sdiy] Fluorescent Display Replacement

[Peter Ullrich]

Hi Tim!

> Does anyone know about VFD Displays?
> 
> I've got a unit here with a dead NEC FIP16A5R display.  I can't seem to 
> find one of these for sale.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a replacement unit or possibly something that I 
> could scavenge one out of?
> 
> I'm not familiar with these displays and I have no idea how compatible 
> they all are.  I've seen mention of an NEC16J5 but I don't know if that 
> could be used.  Also, there are some dot matrix types of VFDs but I 
> don't know if they can be used as a replacement or not.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tim

I found per Google Bloggers that got 50 of these displays in october!
There is a contact given so maybe you can ask for a display!

Here is the Blog:

http://weblog.kybkreis.org/

Ciao
Peter

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