Steve

My Man,

Regards
Mad Dog


>
>I have no idea what the '1937' serial standard is, but I drive a Noritake
>2x40 VFD with the standard midrange PIC USART.  The display accepts serial
>TTL data, and only has a busy signal for handshake.  Bit banging is
>certainly a viable option for the 12-bit parts.
>
>The one problem (at least with this display) is it's lack of a way to
>produce a hard reset.  The display will lock up if the power comes up too
>slowly.  I will use a high-side switch to solve this.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Steve
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
>> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Nigel Orr
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 1:50 AM
>> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>> Subject: Vacuum Fluorescent Displays- 1937 serial standard?
>>
>>
>> Has anyone run vacuum fluorescent displays from a PIC?  The data sheets
>> mention that they are compatible with the '1937' serial standard- anyone
>> used it, or got any pointers to information about it?
>>
>> Any other advice about vacuum fluorescents would be interesting!
>>
>> Nigel
>>