RE: Re: Serial LCD/VFD displays

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

Pictures Patrick, Pictures :)

I am currently fitting 2G backboxes beside lightswitches for displays.
What
depth of backbox would you advise? 25mm, 35mm or 47mm , I was thinking
of
35mm

Cheers, Des.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Lidstone <patrick@xxxxxxx>
> [mailto:patrick@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 17:12
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Serial LCD/VFD displays
>
>
> 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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