ChronodeVFD: A wearable wrist watch with vacuum fluorescent display
Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFD) are usually considered bulky, and are, therefore, mostly found in non-portable consumer-electronics gadgets such as DVD players, automobile audio system, and electric ranges. Johngineer’s ChronodeVFD is an exception to that. He used them to construct a wearable wrist watch. The ChronodeVFD uses the IVL2-7/5 VFD display tube controlled by the Maxim MAX6920 chip, which is a 12-bit output, 76V, vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) tube driver.
The core of the project is the ATMega88 microcontroller and the DS3231 RTC chip. His design also includes an analog light sensor, a BMP180 barometric/temperature sensor and a MMA8653 accelerometer. The finished watch is powered by one AA alkaline battery, which lasts for 6-10 hours.
ChronodeVFD wrist watch