Re: Serial LCD/VFD displays

["Patrick Lidstone <patrick@xxxxxxx>" <patrick@xxxxxxx>]

Mounted the VFD in a double wall box this afternoon, faced off with 
some green coloured perspex from Rapid. Only mod required was to 
carefully bend serial interface pins to allow connection at 90 
degrees instead of straight back (the display board doesn't fit 
otherwise). I have a fairly long run from node0 to where the display 
sits, and VFDs are very sensitive to voltage drop -- the controller 
wouldn't tolerate a 0.6v drop and I've had to install a local power 
supply nearby to power it. The display does, I have to say, look damn 
good -- even if VFDs themselves tend to look a bit dated.

Less success with the Crystalfontz LCD. The supplied bezel, which I 
had hoped I could cut down, is fractionally too wide (less than a mm) 
to fit into the back box. The acrylic sheet works quite well when the 
display is back lit, so I'll get some more, perhaps in a more neutral 
colour, and make my own bezel.

Patrick

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