I just got the above 16x2 VFD module off eBay and I got it working with my Raspberry Pi 3 LibreElec media center.
The brief datasheet I found told me the correct pin connections (minus of course the two pins for LCD backlight) and since it says the VFD is HD44780 compatible I used that driver in the LCDd.conf. I tried using the NoritakeVFD driver but that did not give me any output on the VFD.
The datasheet also mentions a 4 level brightness control (via software commands).
What I want to achieve is that the display is dimmed when any media is being played but I don't understand how to set the brightness. Does anyone have experience with this kind of VFD module?
I just got the above 16x2 VFD module off eBay and I got it working with my Raspberry Pi 3 LibreElec media center.
The brief datasheet I found told me the correct pin connections (minus of course the two pins for LCD backlight) and since it says the VFD is HD44780 compatible I used that driver in the LCDd.conf. I tried using the NoritakeVFD driver but that did not give me any output on the VFD.
The datasheet also mentions a 4 level brightness control (via software commands).
What I want to achieve is that the display is dimmed when any media is being played but I don't understand how to set the brightness. Does anyone have experience with this kind of VFD module?
You can find the datasheet here https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Noritake%20PDFs/CU16029ECPB-W1J.pdf