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Modding Noritake GU126x32F-K612A4 graphic VFD

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  1. Tipu

    Tipu What's a Dremel?

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    The BBC News Feed seems to be offline. Is anyone ele having the same problems?
     
    Tipu, 30 Oct 2002
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  2. TAG

    TAG What's a Dremel?

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    BBC news works fine here
    talking of the news feeds, i read in lcdc forums that u could wrap rss text on several lines by say having
    line1: RSS BBC News
    Line2: [#$RSSBB1]
    Line3: [#$RSSBB1]
    Line4: [#$RSSBB1]
    Line5: [#$RSSBB1]

    and [#$RSSBB1] data would be wraped on line 2 to 5, i didnt manage to get that to work though, got rid of line scrolling aligned text left but still wont work


    Mashie: i had the chance of trying ur set of screens long ago .... are those 56 screens calculated w/ the old method or w/ BeSmrat ?
     
    TAG, 30 Oct 2002
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  3. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    :eeek:

    LOL, I think it's fair to say mat probably never saw LCDC being used this way... ;)

    Rob.
     
    Cheese, 30 Oct 2002
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  4. sojumk

    sojumk What's a Dremel?

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    finlly bought this....lots of thoughts behind it:lol:

    email the guys at sales@noritake-itron.com with my info regarding the kit...

    hope everything works out good...

    how long does it usually take to ship to the us? does the supply comes from chicago? if it does that'd be awesome cuz it'll take way less time:lol:
     
    sojumk, 30 Oct 2002
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  5. evilgreenie

    evilgreenie Standby for Main Engine Burn

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    The overclocking store (UK) have finally got a stock of acrylic ClearPC single & double bay covers for anyone who wants to do a Macro Black on their VFD...

    :clap:
     
    evilgreenie, 31 Oct 2002
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  6. SleeperDC

    SleeperDC What's a Dremel?

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    SleeperDC, 31 Oct 2002
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  7. sojumk

    sojumk What's a Dremel?

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    where can i get those clear bay cover in the US?:lol:
     
    sojumk, 31 Oct 2002
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  8. evilgreenie

    evilgreenie Standby for Main Engine Burn

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    Directron are one of the companies that sell them... link

    Or try ClearPc direct...

    Blimey! ClearPc seems to be selling the full acrylic case directly for only $99 - see here - plus shipping...
     
    evilgreenie, 1 Nov 2002
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  9. space_monkey_mod

    space_monkey_mod What's a Dremel?

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    Just a warning to everybody...
    DO NOT use isopropyl alcohol to clean fingerprints on the filter bundled with this VFD. :nono:
    I unlocked an AthlonXP using white-out and rear window defogger repair kit, and after cleaning the old Arctic Silver 3 thermal paste off core with the alcohol I noticed the filter for the VFD was dirty, so I wiped that down too. Bad idea. The filter is now somewhat blue with streaks of opaque white. :waah:
     
    space_monkey_mod, 5 Nov 2002
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  10. Enak

    Enak Also known as Kane

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    Time to get the filter stuff from maplins...

    I've used it on my new bezel and it really does look great!
     
    Enak, 5 Nov 2002
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  11. WychDocta

    WychDocta What's a Dremel?

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    hi there

    is there a guide on how exactly to change the start screen, no offence but im getting kinda bored of the Bit-Tech one, I'm not exactly sure how to change the startup screen effectively without f*cking it all up

    is there a little guide, the readme's with the downloadable startup screens arent v clue to me, most dont explain exactly what to load and what to replace/delete on the existing events.

    help meh please :(
     
    WychDocta, 6 Nov 2002
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  12. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    No there's no guide, it's not very easy to do in LCDC :)

    Rob.
     
    Cheese, 6 Nov 2002
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  13. WychDocta

    WychDocta What's a Dremel?

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    great thanks :)
     
    WychDocta, 6 Nov 2002
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  14. fathazza

    fathazza Freed on Probation

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    with all the probs people have with lcdc because it isnt designed for noritake vfds wouldnt it be easier to use different software.

    doesnt something like lcd smartie work on this display?


    hazza
     
    fathazza, 7 Nov 2002
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  15. Cheese

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    No.

    Rob.

    EDIT: Ok perhaps that wasn't a very helpful answer, lcdc is by far and away the best serial character display software available and that it does so well with these graphics is amazing. You can make LCD Smartie work with this display (I had a short play) but you can't do nearly as many things with it (no flashy intros, no screen transitions, no icons and probably no line scrolling due to the way you'd have to format in smartie), so it's a free alternative but not a better one. Better software really has to have been designed for a graphic display, it's as simple as that. Trust me, if there were anything better I'd have used it instead (and if there were anything nearly as good i'd probably have provided support as well, I'm not being paid by mat-d-rat to make you buy lcdc :().
     
    Cheese, 7 Nov 2002
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  16. Cheese

    Cheese Doc

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    I haven't really checked but I'm fairly certain the circuit for isolating the outputs on this display and allowing them to drive a high power output (36W per channel) is identical to this one - http://www.bit-tech.net/article/96/

    I'll go and read the datasheet again and make sure though :)

    Rob.

    EDIT: Yep all looks fine, maybe I'll test it soon.
     
    Cheese, 7 Nov 2002
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  17. evilgreenie

    evilgreenie Standby for Main Engine Burn

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    Can LCDC drive & detect the GPO's on the Noritake OK? I thought there was a problem with this...
     
    evilgreenie, 7 Nov 2002
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  18. Cheese

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    You can control 1 in LCDC... no more without a big software change from mat-d-rat :(

    Rob.
     
    Cheese, 7 Nov 2002
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  19. sojumk

    sojumk What's a Dremel?

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    4 more days till i get this VFD on my hand :rock:
     
    sojumk, 8 Nov 2002
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  20. daDJ

    daDJ What's a Dremel?

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    Will a normal alpha numeric VFD do bar graphs ?
     
    daDJ, 8 Nov 2002
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