Collaborate Disseminate
Ceiling clocks were a bit of a thing back in the days when clock radios were a fixture of nightstands. The idea was to project the time onto the ceiling …read more Continue reading Don’t Look Up, or You’ll See the Time from This VFD Projection Clock
Small in size, low-resolution, blocky segments, and a limited color palette — all characteristics of the typical vacuum fluorescent display, any of which would seem to disqualify them as the …read more Continue reading This Retro Game Console Puts Vacuum Fluorescent Display to Good Use
Everyone knows we’re big fans of displays that differ from the plain old flat-panel LCDs that seem to adorn most devices these days. It’s a bit boring when the front …read more Continue reading A Loving Look Inside Vacuum Fluorescent Displays
It’s safe to say that most projects that feature a VFD emphasize the “D” aspect more than anything. Vacuum fluorescent displays are solid performers, after all, with their cool blue-green …read more Continue reading Audio Amp Puts VFDs to Work in an Unusual Way
Humans love visualising music, whether it’s in the form of an inscrutable equation drawing squiggles in Winamp, or a simple VU meter pulsing with the beat. This build from [mircemk] …read more Continue reading VFD Character Display Turned Into Audio VU Meter
For those of us old enough to remember the VCR (and the difficulty of programming one), the ubiquitous vacuum fluorescent display, or VFD, is burned into our memories, mostly because …read more Continue reading Using Arduinos To Drive Undocumented Displays
When you have a small stock of vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs) straight out of the 1976 Radio Shack catalog, you might sit around wondering what to do with them. When …read more Continue reading Captivating Clock Puts Endangered Displays On Display
A lot of electronics wind up in landfills, and when [Playful Electronics] saw an old cash register heading for the dump, he decided to give its VFD display a new …read more Continue reading Upcycling a VFD
Join us on Wednesday, August 11 at noon Pacific for the Vintage Displays Hack Chat with Fran Blanche! In terms of ease of integration and density of the information that …read more Continue reading Vintage Displays Hack Chat with Fran Blanche
The elegance of Power over Ethernet (PoE) is that you can provide network connectivity and power over a single cable. Unfortunately not nearly enough hardware seems to support this capability, forcing intrepid hackers to take matters into their own hands. The latest in this line of single-cable creations is this …read more