noritake lcd displays free sample

Part of the reason I posted the link to Noritake was, besides the free thing, is that after the first "free sample" I applied for I received an email about another sample offer... and another... and another. The third one is how I received the "big" display (it"s over 12" wide).

Noritake’s electronics division has been around since the creation of the Vacuum Fluorescent Display(VFD). We have grown to provide a wide array of products and services to ensure a smooth and efficient development cycle for your application. Our customer support staff will gladly provide you with technical support to assist with your needs.

NOTE: The Noritake_Graph_CUU code library requires Noritake_VFD_CUU code library andNoritake_VFD_CUU_Graph code library. Please download the latest version before use.

The Noritake_VFD_CUU code library contains core functions of the CU-U VFD modules, initialization, configuration file, and interface options (parallel and serial) to communicate with the host.

VFDs (Vacuum Fluorescent Display’s) were and are used in a large rage of high end consumer electronics. I got my VFD module from Noritake-itron it is model SCK-Y100-2406-N14, it is a very flexible 24×6 character VFD module in the same form factor of a 20×4 character LCD module. It is a member of Noritake’s CU-Y series VFDs.

I couldn’t find a lot of websites on Arduino and VFD modules so I am making this Instructable using Arduino and the Noritake-itron VFD module. Noritake made using their VFD modules with Arduino very easy.

Note that Noritake chose to implement only partial compatibility with the LiquidCrystal library.  So while vfd.print(s) is supported, vfd.setCursor(x,y) is not; one has to instead call vfd.CUY_setCursor(x,y). The Noritake_VFD_CUY class methods are declared in Noritake_VFD_CUY.h. Noritake includes a few sample sketches, which you can access from Arduino’s menu via File->Examples->CUY.

Noritake also provides a Handy Host Program called CUE-Y: Y Series Evaluation Software, which lets you configure and test the display without a microcontroller.

Its cool, I don"t get notification as well. I ended up getting a Noritake GU256x128D-3900 and I"m using its parallel port with an esp32. At first I used a arduino uno but I switched to an esp32.0

4 years later, still useful. I was looking for a similar to lcd but bigger display and found your great instructable. Thanks! Plus if you watch A Ueries of Unfortunate Events, the name of the display is pretty cool.

This is actually a very well written instructable and the link is handy since trying to find displays in this dimension was tricky. Try looking these up now on ebay/amazon and its an arm and a leg with no selections. So definitely appreciative. Thanks

Integrating a display into your embedded system can be a tricky task. To help you keep pace, a variety of modular displays are available today in all shapes and sizes. These solutions are providing high-resolution screens with touchscreen capabilities and rich feature sets.

Over the past 12 months, display module vendors have rolled out a variety of new solutions—in sizes large and small—that feature enhanced performance, new levels of ruggedness and rich sets of interface support. Support MCU interfaces and improved e-paper displays are also part of the latest display trends.

Exemplifying these trends, among the most recent offerings from 4D Systems is its uLCD-90DT/DCT series with 9.0″ Diablo16 Integrated Display Modules designed specifically to cater to the growing demand for physically large displays. The display is part of the microLCD range of modules designed and manufactured by 4D Systems. Visually, the 9.0″ is designed to provide a pleasing aesthetic experience, with 800×480 resolution and RGB 65K true-to-life colors. This generous size makes the unit well suited across a range of projects that require increased display space, says the company.

The ULCD-90DCT module features a 9.0″ color TFT LCD display, with resistive touch (DT) or capacitive touch (DCT) (Figure 1). It is powered by the 4D Systems Diablo16 graphics processor, which offers an array of functionality and options suited for both embedded engineers and makers. Other features include touch detection, microSD memory storage, GPIO and communications, along with multiple millisecond resolution timers and audio generation.

Displays for space-constrained embedded systems must be able to work seamlessly with simple MCU-kinds of interfaces. Along just those lines, in April Newhaven Display released its 2.4″ premium line TFTs. The company enhanced its 2.4″ TFT displays with SPI to allow for more flexibility in embedded designs and faster data transfer than I2C.

These displays deliver crisp images at 240×320 resolution with a powerful LED backlight, plus a built-in controller for easy communication with any MCU, says the company (Figure 2 top). The 3.3V LCDs have a 3-line/4-line SPI interface and an FFC (flexible flat cable) connector. The unit supports MVA viewing angles (70 degrees) and boasts a high-brightness white LED backlight (850cd/ m2). These transmissive displays support wide temperature operation from -20°C to 70°C and are RoHS compliant.

In March, Newhaven Display rolled out its 4.3″ IPS TFT line of displays, with multiple versions to choose from. The displays are available in HDMI, mountable and EVE2 versions with the option for capacitive touch screens (Figure 2 bottom). According to the company, the IPS displays provide wider viewing angles and more accurate color reproduction for the most premium, high quality images on any TFT. The 4.3″ IPS TFTs deliver images in a crisp 800×480 resolution—that’s almost double the resolution of standard TFT LCDs, says Newhaven Display.

IPS (in-plane switching) technology acts on the liquid crystals inside an LCD so when voltage is applied, the liquid crystal rotates in parallel (or in-plane) allowing the light to pass through instead of turning upright. This behavior of the crystals greatly improves many viewing aspects of the display. Compared to regular TN panels, IPS is superior in color, viewing angles and these TFTs can even handle direct sunlight due to their high brightness.

The company has developed a full line of 4.3″ TFT displays with IPS technology to enhance the viewing experience of embedded applications. The 4.3″ IPS TFT is the standard edition and provides the same powerful, reliable performance with the upgraded visuals and viewing angles of in-plane switching and the option for a capacitive touch screen. The 4.3″ HDMI IPS TFT features the plug-and-play accessibility of an integrated Texas Instruments (TI) controller built in to the IPS TFT. These HDMI TFTs work seamlessly with Raspberry Pi to enable embedded developers to get started faster with Windows and Linux.

Newhaven Displays 4.3″ Mountable IPS TFT lets you safely secure your IPS TFT to any application. These mountable displays are rack height ready and compatible with standard M3 screws, so there’s no guesswork when it comes to installation. And finally, the 4.3″ EVE2 IPS TFT provides capacitive touch interaction powered by Bridgetek’s video engine and open source software.

For embedded systems displays, part of the challenge is not just the product specs themselves. It’s also about features that make it easier to do system integration and GUI development. An example along those lines is the most recent offering from Noritake. Noritake’s GTWV050C3A00PA is a command-controlled touch TFT module designed to facilitate quick embedded GUI development and reduce system costs with powerful built-in commands.

The GTWV050C3A00PA is based on Noritake VFD command sets. It has a combination of Noritake’s GU3000 ASCII-based text commands, full-color image commands and scalable-font compatibility. The module can work with a wide range of low- and high-end microcontrollers using industry standard serial interfaces (Async., I2C, SPI and USB).

Electronic paper displays (EPD) continue to evolve, with a growing range of suitable products designed for embedded needs. For example, in March, Pervasive Displays (PDi) made its full range of Aurora black and white e-paper, or E-ink, electrophoretic displays (EPD) available (Figure 4). These chip-on-glass (COG) front plane laminate (FPL) displays make use of the latest driving waveform technology to produce sharp images in a thin design that leaves plenty of room for an application’s electronic control circuitry and battery, says PDi.

EPDs have expanded the options for applications requiring monochrome displays, thanks to their bi-stable functionality. Only updating the display’s image requires power, allowing total power consumption to be kept to an absolute minimum. This makes them ideal for applications where the content of the display changes irregularly, such as digital signs, retail spaces, office automation, building navigation, reusable badges and healthcare. Such solutions can also be battery powered, allowing them to be installed in locations that lack alternative locally installed power sources, such as shelving, on doors and windows, or devices that are not fixed in place.

In an example along those lines, in February Axiomtek announced the GOT115-319, a 15″ fanless touch panel computer. It is powered by the Intel Celeron processor N3350 or Intel Pentium processor N4200 with the Intel GFX controller onboard. The GOT115-319 has an XGA TFT LCD display with 1024×768 resolution and a choice of a projected capacitive multi-touch or resistive touch touchscreen (Figure 5). It also has 300 nits of brightness and an LED backlight. It is feature-rich, flexible and rugged for use in multimedia kiosks or as a human machine interface (HMI) for smart manufacturing and retail applications.

That"s what Noritake told me too. However, I am not really sure how to check it. I"m new to electronics. How do I check it in Arduino? Do I check BUSY if it"s HIGH or LOW? Please guide me. Thanks!

I"ve been playing with a new toy: the Noritake Vacuum Fluorescent Display. Nice display, good high-contrast, high-brightness display with a lot of options and a wide temperature range.

Also I have attached the datasheet here. This is specifically for the Noritake CU24063-Y1A display. Be sure to order from Noritake, apparently there"s a markup through the distributors.

SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [$1F, $24, $00, $00, $02, $00, "2014/02/14 12:22:48"] " Just some fake stuff to display that can be manipulated later

SEROUT LCD, LcdBaud, [$1F, $24, $00, $00, $03, $00, "61", $F8, "F 34% RH 29.24", $22, " ", $5E] " notice $F8 is the degree sign. $22 is " and $5E is the ^ for Rising baro.

We have released a new version (1.1.0.0) of GT-Clone compatible with updated GT-CP firmware (F220). Two tool downloads are available for different firmware ranges, so please read the tool"s compatibility section before downloading.https://noritake-elec.com/support/design-resources/tools/gt-clone…

Unlike liquid crystal displays, a VFD emits very bright light with high contrast and can support display elements of various colors. Standard illumination figures for VFDs are around 640 cd/m2 with high-brightness VFDs operating at 4,000 cd/m2, and experimental units as high as 35,000 cd/m2 depending on the drive voltage and its timing.Cadmium was commonly used in the phosphors of VFDs in the past, but the current RoHS-compliant VFDs have eliminated this metal from their construction, using instead phosphors consisting of a matrix of alkaline earth and very small amounts of group III metals, doped with very small amounts of rare earth metals.

The principle of operation is identical to that of a vacuum tube triode. Electrons can only reach (and "illuminate") a given plate element if both the grid and the plate are at a positive potential with respect to the cathode.multiplexed displays where the multiple grids and plates form a matrix, minimizing the number of signal pins required. In the example of the VCR display shown to the right, the grids are arranged so that only one digit is illuminated at a time. All of the similar plates in all of the digits (for example, all of the lower-left plates in all of the digits) are connected in parallel. One by one, the microprocessor driving the display enables a digit by placing a positive voltage on that digit"s grid and then placing a positive voltage on the appropriate plates. Electrons flow through that digit"s grid and strike those plates that are at a positive potential. The microprocessor cycles through illuminating the digits in this way at a rate high enough to create the illusion of all digits glowing at once via persistence of vision.

The light emitted by most VFDs contains many colors and can often be filtered to enhance the color saturation providing a deep green or deep blue, depending on the whims of the product"s designers. Phosphors used in VFDs are different from those in cathode-ray displays since they must emit acceptable brightness with only around 50 volts of electron energy, compared to several thousand volts in a CRT.

Besides brightness, VFDs have the advantages of being rugged, inexpensive, and easily configured to display a wide variety of customized messages, and unlike LCDs, VFDs are not limited by the response time of rearranging liquid crystals and are thus able to function normally in cold, even sub-zero, temperatures, making them ideal for outdoor devices in cold climates. Early on, the main disadvantage of such displays was their use of significantly more power (0.2 watts) than a simple LCD. This was considered a significant drawback for battery-operated equipment like calculators, so VFDs ended up being used mainly in equipment powered by an AC supply or heavy-duty rechargeable batteries.

During the 1980s, this display began to be used in automobiles, especially where car makers were experimenting with digital displays for vehicle instruments such as speedometers and odometers. A good example of these were the high-end Subaru cars made in the early 1980s (referred to by Subaru enthusiasts as a digi-dash, or digital dashboard). The brightness of VFDs makes them well suited for use in cars. The Renault Espace and older models of Scenic used VFD panels to show all functions on the dashboard including the radio and multi message panel. They are bright enough to read in full sunlight as well as dimmable for use at night. This panel uses four colors; the usual blue/green as well as deep blue, red and yellow/orange.

This technology was also used from 1979 to the mid-1980s in portable electronic game units. These games featured bright, clear displays but the size of the largest vacuum tubes that could be manufactured inexpensively kept the size of the displays quite small, often requiring the use of magnifying Fresnel lenses.LCD games could be manufactured for a fraction of the price, did not require frequent changes of batteries (or AC adapters) and were much more portable. Since the late 1990s, backlit color active-matrix LCD displays have been able to cheaply reproduce arbitrary images in any color, a marked advantage over fixed-color, fixed-character VFDs. This is one of the main reasons for the decline in popularity of VFDs, although they continue to be made. Many low-cost DVD players still feature VFDs.

From the mid-1980s onwards, VFDs were used for applications requiring smaller displays with high brightness specifications, though now the adoption of high-brightness organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is pushing VFDs out of these markets.

Vacuum fluorescent displays were once commonly used as floor indicators for elevators by Otis Elevator Company worldwide and Montgomery Elevator Company in North America (the former from the early 1980s to the mid-2000s in the form of (usually two) 16-segment displays, and the latter from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s in the form of (usually 3) 10x14 dot-matrix displays).

In addition to the widely used fixed character VFD, a graphic type made of an array of individually addressable pixels is also available. These more sophisticated displays offer the flexibility of displaying arbitrary images, and may still be a useful choice for some types of consumer equipment.

Of the three prevalent display technologies – VFD, LCD, and LED – the VFD was the first to be developed. It was used in early handheld calculators. LED displays displaced VFDs in this use as the very small LEDs used required less power, thereby extending battery life, though early LED displays had problems achieving uniform brightness levels across all display segments. Later, LCDs displaced LEDs, offering even lower power requirements.

The first VFD was the single indication DM160 by Philips in 1959. It could easily be driven by transistors, so was aimed at computer applications as it was easier to drive than a neon and had longer life than a light bulb. The 1967 Japanese single digit seven segment display in terms of anode was more like the Philips DM70 / DM71 Magic Eye as the DM160 has a spiral wire anode. The Japanese seven segment VFD meant that no patent royalties needed to be paid on desk calculator displays as would have been the case using Nixies or Panaplex neon digits. In the UK the Philips designs were made and marketed by Mullard (almost wholly owned by Philips even before WWII).

Joseph A. Castellano (ed), Handbook of display technology, Gulf Professional Publishing, 1992 ISBN 0-12-163420-5 Chapter 7 Vacuum Fluorescent Displays pp. 163 and following