Ghosting is usually caused by changing the cathode value too soon after
turning off the anode at the end of the display time for that digit. Try
waiting a millisecond with all anodes off before writing the next cathode
value.


On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 7:40 AM Paul Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I have had a Canon X61884803 calculator display board for some time and I
> am in the process of trying to use this directly rather than pull the tubes
> from it. I figured out the basic circuit for it and put together a lash-up
> to drive it. Naturally it is multiplexed and LTSpice shows that 120Hz is a
> likely frequency.
>
> I subsequently found an actual circuit diagram, for a calculator that uses
> this, here: http://madrona.ca/e/eec/calcs/Monroe650.html and it was
> interesting to see the voltages being used. I haven't tried to reproduce
> those voltages, instead driving it with a fairly standard set of 0V GND,
> 200V for VH-1, 100V for VH-2 (cathode pullup) and 12V 'logic level' input
> to the cathode transistor base resistor, though I have tried 8V through 20V
> for this.
>
> I have only wired up a few of the connections to show I am on the right
> path with this, but now I am trying to figure out the ghosting. With that
> in mind, does anyone have the specs for the TMC1764 shown in the circuit
> diagram? Or, if anyone has access to a calculator that uses this display
> board, I would be interested to know the voltages on the outputs of this
> chip and perhaps even the timings?
>
> It could also be that I need to actually wire all the connections up and
> see how it looks...
>
> Thanks.
>
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