Open eadmaster opened 1 month ago
The link does not go anywhere usefull.. so I do some guessing. (maybe append a picture)
This Library is for the plain VFD.
There are breakout boards like this
This should work. It passes the data lines through and provides the high voltages 👍.
If there is a board providing a serial port, then it has, most likely, it's own controller and you need to get info about the protocol it runs. (However if you can erase the firmware on such a controller you can try to use this library on it. :)
yes, that's exactly the board, maybe the auction is blocked in your country.
Can you help me figuring out the correct wiring?
The pins on the left are:
If it can be of any help, i have some datasheets here, unfortunately in Chinese: MN12832L.pdf MN12832L_pr1-c8(1).pdf
Yes looks good. I don't know what HV and EF are. Could be enable lines for filament EF? If so it could blank/powersave
Just power it up..
If these are there it should work...
The vfd has 2 SIN they seem to be bridged, so no greyscale.
I don't know what HV and EF are. Could be enable lines for filament EF? If so it could blank/powersave
they also sent me this piece of code, which was meant for the stm32, where these HV and EF pins seems to be used as "PF0_Set" and "PF1_Set", so i guess they cannot be left unconnected.
Ohh the secret Chinese code :)
PF0 = EF is just Set at the beginning of their main. So that should turn on something voltage related. Can be connected HIGH or to my pinPWM. PF1 = HV? is probably connected to the GCP pin @ vfd ? Can you check this ? This would be the pinGCP in my code. That does some pulsing.. I did not quite get what this does I think that is a sort of PWM cycle related to the gray values.
PF1 = HV? is probably connected to the GCP pin @ vfd ? Can you check this ? This would be the pinGCP in my code.
not anytime soon, i still considering if getting this module or a Text-only model like this (they seem easier to connect and use via serial commands)
Following. I have the same display from Aliexpress. But I have no Teensy. Eventually I want to rewrite it in micropython for the Pico but I also have some esp32 laying around to possibly test with arduino.
For ESP32 you need to replace the IntervalTimer, as it is used in the example, with something else. It calls the MN12832L::refresh function about 1000 times per sec.
ESP32 timer API: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/arduino-esp32/en/latest/api/timer.html#arduino-esp32-timer-api
I don't have a Pico, I would suggest making a C library for this, due to a lot of bit level manipulation in the drawPixel and refresh functions.
I've found this version of the vfd with a serial driver included: https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005003334862374.html
Can it be used with this libray or does it need a rewrite?