firefly_conductor/lib/vfd.h

/* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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/* Copyright (c) 2016 King Kévin <kingkevin@cuvoodoo.info> */
/* this library is used to drive the vacuum fluorescent display extracted from a Samsung SER-6500 cashier machine
 * it used three chained supertex HV518P shift register VFD drivers */

/* the number of blocks available on the VFD */
#define VFD_DRIVERS 3
#define VFD_DIGITS 10
#define VFD_MATRIX 12

/* set digit <nb> to ASCII character <c>
 * use the MSB of <c> to enable the dot */
void vfd_digit(uint8_t nb, char c);
/* set dot matrix <nb> to ASCII character <c>
 * non ASCII characters are used for pictures */
void vfd_matrix(uint8_t nb, char c);
/* clear VFD display */
void vfd_clear(void);
/* test VFD display (light up all anodes) */
void vfd_test(void);
/* transmit every digit and matrix */
void vfd_on(void);
/* switch VFD display off */
void vfd_off(void);
/* setup VFD */
void vfd_setup(void);