[Techtoolslist] Designing a 9010 replacement LED display?

[Tony Jones]

On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 12:40 PM Brad Gass via Techtoolslist <
techtoolslist at flippers.com> wrote:

>
> Since the VFD's in the 9005/9010's will eventually fail given enough time,
> handling, or use, my approach was simply to discuss a retrofit of the VFD
> to something non-VFD.
>
> Not to mention that itron displays are still VFD tech, hard to come by
> (even in-production itron P/N's can be difficult to source), and still have
> the issues of being a VFD.
>

A new production VFD should last a considerable time.    Comparing one to
an original Fluke unit from the 80s seems misplaced.   I don't disagree
that they are hard(er) to find and quite expensive but you retain "the
look" of the original.