i managed to score a cherry catalog on ebay and it has the cherry display pinout. now i am going to try to use a williams pinball display in place of the cherry. i have all the pins figured out now but the cherry doesn't have a stay alive anode or cathode so i don't know how the williams will work since it has those connections. should be interesting.
On Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:27:33 PM UTC-8, irv6744 wrote: > > i built an old digitalclock in the 70's or 80's andf have a question > about the display which needs to be replaces. > > it is a cherry w06-0001 gas discharge display which is burning out > after many years of usage. > i like this clock so i would like to keep it going even though the > technology is ancient. > > so my questions are: > > 1: does anyone have a spec sheet or pinout for this display. i can > trace digits and segments but there is a bunch of other stuff i don't > understand yet. > > 2. what about a pin compatible or almost pin compatible replacement > display. i bought a pinball display but it has more pins and there is > no pin out similarity in the two displays. > > 3. does anyone know how to convert a gas discharge display to an led > display. i pretty much figure that the power supply needs to be > changed to a 12 volt supply and that the driver ic's also need to be > changed. but not sure of anything of that. the clock ic am mk50252 > doesn't care what it is driving. > > i realize this a really old display with no current support on the web > or from the successors of cherry so whatever info i get here, if any, > is my last stop. > > thanks > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4f54f1ff-931f-476c-b9af-3e953aa44053%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
