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Congrats! It doesn't seem like that long ago when you first started does it?

OK, I lied. You've been at this a heck of a long time! :D Looks great though.

Yeah I have been... The offical first post of the log was August 2nd, 2003. I copied the log here a few months after that. It's been a "long strange trip." :D Thanks for the compliment.

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated

I'm not dead, I'm still working on this project 2+ years later but just so happen to be saving up some stuff for the "BIG ONE" that will probably mark the mechanical (not software) completion of the project... What a long, strange, trip it's been.

I'd like to thank Henri Skippari VERY much for hooking me up with one of his Noritake 800A VFD to USB backpacks, which works beautifully with LCD Studio.. You rock, Ray! The design you see is what Henri's converter draws to the screen when it first powers up...

Ya'll remember the VFD? Sure you do. Remember the ugly green color? Yeah, probably...
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/...iath/46/01.jpg

Even with just holding the dark blue light gel (filter) in place, it looks pretty good. The blue of the screen even matches the LEDs pretty well (look at the bottom of the picture.) The observant reader will notice this modder in the reflection of the gel.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/...iath/46/02.jpg

Even better with the filter fully installed... it looks sooooo sweet.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/...iath/46/04.jpg

Nice wide viewing angle and consistent color
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/...iath/46/03.jpg

Now all I need is some quality time with LCD Studio making screens for all the data I've got available form Speedfan and other sources.

I know this is a bit of a tease... but I felt a small update would be a good thing.

I Like That Glad To See Some Updates ;)

Keep on moddin...
Still looking good.

Incoming Cryptic Message:

Code:

E_E1         0 $A_0001  1x  

I_I2         $A_0002 0 9I

I_I1         $A_0003 0 7I

I_I5         $A_0004 0 12I

E_E3         $A_0006 $A_0005  1x  

D_D1         $A_0007 $A_0005 0 D2A3904

E_E2         $A_0007 $A_0004  1x  

Z_Z1         $A_0001 $A_0007 $A_0003 $A_0003 VES150

Q_Q1         $A_0003 $A_0001 Q1A4148 

Z_Z2         $A_0001 $A_0007 $A_0002 $A_0002 VES9140

Q_Q2         $A_0001 $A_0002 Q1A4148 

I_I6         $A_0006 0 0

GWC0: The message appears to be a crytographically secured schematic
GTO6: Running brute force algorythm, sir.
GMP664: Brute force done, displaying schematic.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/...yptedschem.jpg

GWC0: Well what the hell does that do?

:dremel: :thumb: :confused: yet?

I must not be good enough at EE. That makes no sense.

The fact that I used R1 as a 1K resistor to simulate the load didn't help... should be more like 20 or 30 ohms. That and the fact that the VDC at the left of the schematic is me being lazy and simulating a TTL level input. Q1 acts as a switch to fully turn M2 off... 5V straight into Gate won't do it. With Q1 off, there are ~12V the Gate of M1 and it is turned on and therefor passes the V1 source through.

with Q1 turned on, M1 is turned off w\ 0V at it's gate and M2 is turned on with 0V at its gate and passes V2 into the load.

V1 simply represents a given voltage input, not a 7V source. V2 is the same. In reality when this is incorporated into the rest of the chassis control system, V1 will be full 12V and V2 will be the input from the mobo's PWM (speedfan rox!).

(the encrypted bit is the SPICE netlist run through rot13 ;))