https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/a2957565-6463-42cb-b108-153330a6e973 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 EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2 Support the EEVblog through Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/eevblog EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut): http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 Donations: http://www.eevblog.com/donations/ Projects: http://www.eevblog.com/projects/ Electronics Info Wiki: http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/ Sun, 17 May 2026 05:29:25 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/a2957565-6463-42cb-b108-153330a6e973 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.