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[corrado28]

HI

I trying to wire 16x2 samsung vfd display comes with htpc case ahanix. This vfd is compatible with lcd and should be working with smartxx. I connected d4-d7 , E , RS smartxx to d4-d7 ; E , RS vfd power comes from the molex conector. VFD works about 10 sec then i get random characters and 5 sec later everything desapires then i have to reset to get it work. I wonder if i need to connect R/W now it´s just grounded.

Thanks

[Futura]

Sorry for bumping this post way up, but I'm very curious if people have already fired up VFD displays, like the one in this Ahanix pc-case:

(IMG:http://www.ahanix.com/images/Upload/Gallery/8_l_20056201748247110988234.jpg)
Source=http://www.ahanix.com

This would make an elegant XBMC dedicated home entertainment system! All we need now are some wireless   controllers and a way to hide our IR from the DVD playback kit.
Since there are lots and lots of topics  about connecting a LCD to your Xbox, but not very many that are dealing with the same subject, but with a VFD display instead of a LCD, I would like to know: are there people with working VFD's around? Which modchip did you use?

The productspecefication of the Ahanix case states that the type of VFD is:    2x16 character Samsung VFD / Parallel Port Connector. This should do the trick, right?


//off topic: I have some sort of cheapmod soldered into my Xbox. Is it possible to remove this mod, and upgrade to, let's say, an Xecutor or SmartXX chip to enable LCD/VFD use?

This post has been edited by Futura: Jan 21 2006, 07:09 PM