Help to identify this display screen...

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strangelysaucy
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Help to identify this display screen...

Post by strangelysaucy » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:15 pm

Hi all,
I'm an electronics virgin and need some help from somebody a little more in the know...
I'm building a replica of a prop from a movie that contains the following component screen...

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I've found a 16x2 Oled screen that's blue text on black and pretty much the same dimensions (roughly 80 x 36 x 10 mm) but even in my ignorance I can see it's more than x2 at least, what with the blocks and other information displayed...which incidentally as you can see from the screen, the information displayed can be cycled somehow.

Does anyone have ANY inkling as to what this particular component could be?

Thanks in avance for your time

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SamRodgers
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Re: Help to identify this display screen...

Post by SamRodgers » Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:54 pm

It looks like a "vacuum fluorescent display". Example:-
http://www.goodson.com.au/product/MONITORS/icd2002.htm

strangelysaucy
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Re: Help to identify this display screen...

Post by strangelysaucy » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:42 am

yeah I've been directed towards VFD in my tavels but trying to find one at my required dimensions and, more importantly at a reasonable price is proving quite difficult!

:D

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Re: Help to identify this display screen...

Post by strangelysaucy » Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:58 pm

Okay so I've got to the stage in my prop build that I'm ready to get cracking on the display screen...

I picked up this from ebay....
its a 5.7cm (2.23") PASSIVE MATRIX OLED :- model # UG2832ALBCG01 (mono)

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and it fits perfectly....

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I'm only missing one thing...the next step to make it live!
Can I program it with an arduino nano? and will I need anything else to get it to work? I know I will need a battery pack but then do I need to program with the nano and then install the battery pack along with the nano inside the prop to power it?

Sorry to be a dullard but I have NO idea!

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