On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Brent Brown wrot= e: > I've contacted a company that say they can repair the board, but I'm wait= ing on > confirmation they can supply this chip, repair approx USD500. A replaceme= nt board > is >USD3000. Can't easily replace with an off the VFD because of a propri= etary > interface, perhaps serial. > If other avenues are exhausted you may consider reverse engineering the "proprietary interface" and using a microcontroller or FPGA board to translate to a new VFD interface. Also from a systems perspective, consider what will happen the next time one of these boards fails. --=20 Martin K. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .