Upcycling, repurpose and renew old Point-Of-Sale (POS) displays and printers
Vacuum-Fluorescent-Displays (VFD) and receipt printers are used since over 30 years on cash stations (Point-Of-Sale - POS) from many manufacturers. Now they are replaced by newer and modern displays (TFT). The old ones are often offered by eBay and other platforms for a very low and DIY-friendly price. Sometimes the replacement of POS-systems is forced by local law, so the device are in a (near) unused condition or even unpacked (NOS). This can bring the VFDs and printers to a second life in new artworks (e.g. steampunk, atompunk), stylish computer/server add-ons and LARP sceneries.
This project provides technical descriptions to connect and power the devices as well as the needed escape-sequences to control them. Also interesting project examples can be found here.
You also find here example source code for PC and Raspberry Pi to communicate with this devices.
For technical details see the Wiki-Pages
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