What else do I need to do in order to make it turn on (other than putting +12v and ground to it)?
Major help needed!!!
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I have a Black one that I removed from My Car...I changed the Colors of My interior It Was all black...Now It is Shale and Black...
OR gmpartsdirect OR ebay...
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SO...Are you wanting to put this into a C5 Corvette That did Not come with One???
IF So...I put one in my 1998...Which was NOT ever an Option in 98
...#1...You will need either another dash...OR...Cut yours and Buy a Trim Bezel...The Underside of the dash has a place for it...Just Need to cut it out...
#2...A HUD Ready Instrument Cluster...
#3...The little Wire Harness to go from the Cluster to the Projector...
You will have a Code for the air bag system which will read something like...No Communication...
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The drawing from post#8 clearly states that it is a VFD. If you REALLY want to make a circuit to interface to this, I would suggest utilizing the existing VFD driver circuit, and program a microcontroller board to interface with it.
Do you have any experience with this sort of thing?
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SO...Are you planning on swapping in a LS motor and computer along with all the necessary components for this to work...
Kinda like trying to convert a MAC to a Dell or HP...OR Atari
...Something about being compatible...JUST BUY A CORVETTE
...Stop Dreaming...
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Don't need to dream. My dad has one and he lets me drive it.
VFD makes it somewhat easier because I have a faint idea of how to interface with them (old microwave VFD). And, screw the driver chip. It is a GM specific chip that has been covered with epoxy. Btw, the pins from the VFD run straight to the chip, no driver circuit. I just have to figure out what voltage the element runs at and what voltage the 'pixels' run at. I'm guessing 3.3v for the element and 5v for the 'pixels'.
As for the microcontroller... I'll just use an arduino mega and an acer aspire one with an OBD-II to USB cable
An LS series engine in my car would be cool but I like my 3.0 I6 just fine.
VFD makes it somewhat easier because I have a faint idea of how to interface with them (old microwave VFD). And, screw the driver chip. It is a GM specific chip that has been covered with epoxy. Btw, the pins from the VFD run straight to the chip, no driver circuit. I just have to figure out what voltage the element runs at and what voltage the 'pixels' run at. I'm guessing 3.3v for the element and 5v for the 'pixels'.
As for the microcontroller... I'll just use an arduino mega and an acer aspire one with an OBD-II to USB cable
An LS series engine in my car would be cool but I like my 3.0 I6 just fine.
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Sounds right, to start with I'd put 3V across the filament, 5V on the grids, and 5V on the segment pins and see if anything lights up. Raise the grid and segment voltages as needed.
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Time to break out the soldering iron... Again.
The way that VFDs work is that power has to be put on two segmant pins at the same time to light up one area (like a matrixed keyboard, just in reverse).
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I'm surprised you're getting the help you're getting........and don't try to tell me what to post- next time, title your thread appropriately
