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So I started try and decipher the relationship between what I was seeing and the keys I was pressing. Key presses were being presented on the VFD display… Ok, not the exact key presses, but presses. Ok, didn’t get anything so I flipped them around and tried again. Not knowing which lines were Tx and Rx, randomly attached them to the FTDI Friend and tried to send a few characters.

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The next step was to wire up the serial Tx and Rx pins and see if I could send something to the display using my FTDI Friend. If I could get this connected and understand the communication method then I could probably just send it ASCII over a serial terminal program.

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Looking at the data sheet, I found that it used a ASCII code for characters and some additional codes for enabling different functions on the unit. I suspected the this was a 12 Volt model but there was really only one way to verify that. Other models were designed to connect directly to some bus (computer bus?) and ran at 12 volts. The newer models would run on 5 volts and some even sport a USB interface.

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Through the Futaba web site I was able to register and download similar data sheets, but not the exact data sheet for this unit. Doing a little online searching I found that Futaba makes quite a few models of displays and this model was a bit dated.

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