VK204-24-USB questions before purchase
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:06 pm
I'm thinking about purchasing the VK204-24-USB for a mod that I would like to do, but before I drop that kind of money I have some questions.
1. The mod i'm planning to do will be external, and mounted probably 3 feet or more away from my PC. I was planning to do this through a USB hub, however from what I can tell the VFD must recieve its power from a floppy power cable (i'm confused about this a bit as well, i've seen different answers in different places, are these powered with a modified or unmodified cable, and if modified does it come with the cable or do i have to modify it myself?). Is there any other way I can power the display, or any way that I can use the floppy cable at that distance?
2. If I purchased the VK204-24-USB with the blue VFD filter, it sounds to me like the display will have the black background with bright blue text/characters, is this correct? One of the reasons I would prefer the VFD over the LCD (if my understanding is correct) is that I want the background to be black, with only the text being lit.
3. Does the VFD support everything featurewise that the LCD does? can I create custom fonts and do all the neat LCDC stuff?
Thanks,
-Oae
1. The mod i'm planning to do will be external, and mounted probably 3 feet or more away from my PC. I was planning to do this through a USB hub, however from what I can tell the VFD must recieve its power from a floppy power cable (i'm confused about this a bit as well, i've seen different answers in different places, are these powered with a modified or unmodified cable, and if modified does it come with the cable or do i have to modify it myself?). Is there any other way I can power the display, or any way that I can use the floppy cable at that distance?
2. If I purchased the VK204-24-USB with the blue VFD filter, it sounds to me like the display will have the black background with bright blue text/characters, is this correct? One of the reasons I would prefer the VFD over the LCD (if my understanding is correct) is that I want the background to be black, with only the text being lit.
3. Does the VFD support everything featurewise that the LCD does? can I create custom fonts and do all the neat LCDC stuff?
Thanks,
-Oae