Actually, brightness is a needed feature when this displays are used as intended. They were designed and are still used with heavy optical filters in front, to enhance contrast and visually eliminate the tube mechanical internal structure from the users view. We of course like to see the tube naked, but we have to live with the cost of the features :)
Gastón On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:01:33 PM UTC-3, Adam Jacobs wrote: > > > I think that one of the features of Vacuum Fluorescent Display is > brightness. To paraphrase someone wiser than me: If you find yourself > thinking up more and more convoluted mechanisms for making it work, then > that's often an indicator that you're barking up the wrong tree. > > -Adam > > On 11/19/2013 12:48 PM, David Forbes wrote: > > > > > > Also, if your VFD is too bright, you can reduce the brightness by > > reducing the duty cycle, which is done by turning off the anodes on > > for some time in each cycle. > > > > -- 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/27d28f9e-d3d9-40d8-841c-674f673e1bd9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
