VFD Shield for Arduino

Software

Documentation of each sketch can be found in the top of the source.

The sketches were developed and tested for various versions of Arduino IDE and required libraries, depending on the period of time they were released. See the documentation in the sketches for more information.

When using the serial monitor in the Arduino IDE, make sure the end-of-line and baud rate settings correspond with the documention in the source of the sketch.

Direct Access

• IV-3 Shield direct access, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2016-07-06)

Provides direct access to the tubes and LEDs. You can turn on and off individual segments and dots in the tubes, and control a PWM duty cycle for illuminating the LEDs.

Clock

• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 6 KB, 2017-05-28)
• Added support for optional battery-backed DS1307 RTC.
• Added displaying of temperature in Celsius degrees when a 1-Wire sensor is connected. The sketch supports DS18B20, DS18S20, and DS1822. Temperature is displayed every minute.
• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 5 KB, 2016-10-03)
• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2016-01-11)
• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2015-11-17)
• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2015-10-31)
• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2015-07-21)
• IV-3 Shield as a Clock, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2015-06-20)

IV-3 VFD Shield with DS1307 RTC and DS18B20 temperature sensor. The left picture shows the time, the right picture shows the temperature. A warm day it was.

Thermometer

• IV-3 Shield as a Thermometer, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2016-01-11)
• IV-3 Shield as a Thermometer, Arduino sketch (zip, 4 KB, 2015-06-20)

Works with 1-Wire temperature sensors. The program supports DS18B20, DS18S20 and DS1822.

Volt Meter

• IV-3 Shield as a Volt Meter, Arduino sketch (zip, 3 KB, 2016-01-11)
• IV-3 Shield as a Volt Meter, Arduino sketch (zip, 3 KB, 2015-06-20)

This program displays voltage measured on pin A5.

Demonstration

• IV-3 Shield Demonstration, Arduino sketch (zip, 3 KB, 2016-01-11)
• IV-3 Shield Demonstration, Arduino sketch (zip, 3 KB, 2015-06-20)

Example animation of tubes, PWM animation of LEDs.

Documents

• IV-3 Shield Assembly Manual (pdf, 10.4 MB, 2014-12-27)
• Enclosure for IV-3 Shield User Manual for on-screen viewing (pdf, 1 MB, 2015-10-05)
• Enclosure for IV-3 Shield User Manual for printing (pdf, 558 KB, 2015-10-05)
• Circuit diagram (pdf, 70 KB)
• PCB top/bottom view, copper layers, mechanical dimensions (pdf, 235 KB)
• Acrylic enclosure CAD files (zip, 94 KB)
• Parts list (pdf, 236 KB)

http://www.elektor.com/iv-3-vfd-shield-for-arduino-kit-150064-71