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A project log for ИГГ1-64x64M Adventure

Driving and use the ИГГ1-64x64M. High voltage vacuum dot-matrix display made in Ukraine in the 80's by Gazotron

muthMuth 03/09/2018 at 13:054 Comments

That was a job. After soldering 736 components and approximately 160 wires, the 30 years old display is alive.

Some pictures of the back (please apologize the wire-mess) :

And the front :

And below the serial connection in action (115200 bauds, 5 frame per second, images taken around the mouse cursor of the computer) :

As you can see there is still some artifacts, especially on the screen bottom. I still have to adjust the cathode bias resistor value.

A funny fact is the screen is buzzing, adding a very old fashion touch to the retro style, in addition to remind you there is 360 volts in here. 

Next step: a convenient and safer case !

Discussions

Russell Borogove wrote 03/18/2018 at 14:44 point

Fantastic!

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Muth wrote 03/18/2018 at 18:47 point

Thanks ;)

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Wenting Zhang wrote 03/09/2018 at 15:36 point

This is really cool!

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Muth wrote 03/09/2018 at 16:19 point

Thank you! Seeing it working is quite rewarding :D

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