Display model: Noritake-Itron CU20045-UW5J Datasheet, Footprint (Eagle) and 3D model are available on my other repo - Noritake VFD Display
Since the display is using 3 wire SPI and the Pi is using 4 an extra step is needed, Please follow the wiring tutorial from smbaker which I have also based my program on.
The VFD library is a mishmash between smbaker library and the library used by bob thisoldgeek in his RPi-boombox.
please note that since the NanoPi does not have an RTC it needs to access the internet to update it's internal time.
- python 3 only
- VFD lib is separeted from the main app so you can use it individually in your own design! just import it and you good to go.
Configure your Pi SPI interface (May vary depends on manufacturer and OS) and reboot.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python python-dev python-pip
pip3 install spidev
pip3 install psutil
git clone https://github.com/yuvalabou/spi-vfd-clock
cd spi-vfd-clock
python3 clock.py
for running in the background just add '&', please note the process id so you could kill it later when needed.
python3 clock.py &
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