VFDs — vacuum fluorescent displays — have a distinctive look, and [Anthony Francis-Jones] is generally fascinated with retro displays. So, it makes sense that he’d build a VFD project as an excuse to ...

This article describes a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) and some ideal applications for the technology. The reference design then shows how to use a MAX15005 power-supply controller in a flyback ...

That’s VFD as in Vacuum Fluorescent Display. What does the VFD have better than your average clock face? Not much, except it looks like the clock itself was made from the body parts of a dead cyborg.

This White paper will outline the vivid benefits of liquid crystal display (VLCD), in comparison to the vacuum fluorescent displays (VFD). Differences in the technical specifications that highlight ...

Noritake VFD was registered as the "Essential Historical Materials for Science and Technology" by the National Museum of Nature and Science in Japan. ARLINGTON ...

I am, as you may know, a sucker for watches that use older display technologies (see also Nixie tubes). For example, this cool watch by freelance engineer John De Cristofaro uses a vacuum fluorescent ...

Frank a developer and engineer based in Berlin, Germany has created a unique timepiece, designed using nixie tubes or to be more specific, vacuum fluorescent tube displays based on Project OpenVFD.

The MAX6851 is billed as the market's first I2C-compatible, vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) controller with embedded fonts, multiplex timing control, and filament timing. The device controls ...

The quest to repurpose surplus parts into new and interesting displays never ends, it seems. And the bigger the display, the better, with extra points for using some really obscure part, like these ...