hayes chronograph

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Jul 24 13:23:41 2001

--- "Cini, Richard" <RCini_at_congressfinancial.com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have one of these clocks, but haven't opened it in a while. I
> believe that it's an extruded Al case that would prevent you from expanding
> the case vertically. If it weren't for the display, the PCB could fit in the
> Hayes 300 case.

That makes sense, given how that style of case goes.
 
> As far as the display, it looks to be a Futaba clock display.
> Problem is is that no one carries them. Jameco has one, but it's only
> 4-digits.

I've never tried to hack right to a VFD. I've only ever played with
ones that have controllers.

I take it the day of the week display is part of the flourescent, not
LEDs behind the "Sun...Sat" labels, right?

> If I were retrofitting/rebuilding the clock, and $$$ wasn't an
> issue, I'd use a Noritake serial VFD display with a custom font and a PIC
> for the clock.

That's more or less what I'm leaning towards. I have a Matrix Orbital 20x4
VFD from Linux Central that is currently mounted behind a disk drive bay
bracket. It is easily movable.

-ethan



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