please help me identify this board/chips

[Michael]

Hi - I recently pulled a VFD display from a wrecked car. I was hoping to
be able to interface with it with an AVR. The only problem - I can't
find any information on it or the control chips on it. The board seems
to be made by a company called Trans Tron Limited, Inc. In big white
letters and circled it says TGP1066AA which I'm assuming is the
board/circuit name. On the side of the board this is written: 20127d.clp
20127d.cmp 20127d.csl. On the other side 20127d.sol and 20127d.slp is
written. I'm thinking those must be schematic and board file names,
though I'm not familiar with those particular formats. On the board
there is a sticker that says vh4099 F 21001075849. I don't know what
that would mean. Maybe a batch number or something. Lastly, 0E-8020 is
written in one corner.

There are three chips on the board. One has this written on it:

NEC Japan
D16310GF

0234K40QM

The chip is in a surface mount package and is 16 pins tall and 24 pins
wide. Strangely enough though, all 16 pins on the left side of the chip
are missing - with little stubs sticking out of the plastic. Next up are
two identical chips. This is what is written on them:

NEC Japan
D16326GB
0231K402F

These two chips are in 44 pin surface mount packages - with 11 pins on
each side.

On a connecting board there is a Motorola microcontroller that appears
to be driving the display, so I'm optimistic that I can drive it with an
AVR. I checked chipdir for these chips and found nothing. I don't have
access to any other databases. I also found no info about them through
google. NECs website was similarly unhelpful. I also found no
information on Trans Tron Limited's website. So - can anyone give me any
information on any part of this display? Anything whatsoever would be
helpful. Thanks!

 

[Rob]

I have these as pdf's and will send in reply to this message.
Reply to rrjonasar@lineisp.co.uk after 4pm UK time.

Michael <nleahcimathotmaildotcom@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<Xns93C9BC4B8F457nleahcim@63.240.76.16>...

Hi - I recently pulled a VFD display from a wrecked car. I was hoping to
be able to interface with it with an AVR. The only problem - I can't
find any information on it or the control chips on it. The board seems
to be made by a company called Trans Tron Limited, Inc. In big white
letters and circled it says TGP1066AA which I'm assuming is the
board/circuit name. On the side of the board this is written: 20127d.clp
20127d.cmp 20127d.csl. On the other side 20127d.sol and 20127d.slp is
written. I'm thinking those must be schematic and board file names,
though I'm not familiar with those particular formats. On the board
there is a sticker that says vh4099 F 21001075849. I don't know what
that would mean. Maybe a batch number or something. Lastly, 0E-8020 is
written in one corner.

There are three chips on the board. One has this written on it:

NEC Japan
D16310GF

0234K40QM

The chip is in a surface mount package and is 16 pins tall and 24 pins
wide. Strangely enough though, all 16 pins on the left side of the chip
are missing - with little stubs sticking out of the plastic. Next up are
two identical chips. This is what is written on them:

NEC Japan
D16326GB
0231K402F

These two chips are in 44 pin surface mount packages - with 11 pins on
each side.

On a connecting board there is a Motorola microcontroller that appears
to be driving the display, so I'm optimistic that I can drive it with an
AVR. I checked chipdir for these chips and found nothing. I don't have
access to any other databases. I also found no info about them through
google. NECs website was similarly unhelpful. I also found no
information on Trans Tron Limited's website. So - can anyone give me any
information on any part of this display? Anything whatsoever would be
helpful. Thanks!

 

[George Patrick]

Michael wrote:

board/circuit name. On the side of the board this is written: 20127d.clp
20127d.cmp 20127d.csl. On the other side 20127d.sol and 20127d.slp is
written. I'm thinking those must be schematic and board file names,
though I'm not familiar with those particular formats. On the board

It sounds like the names are for gerber files:

..cmp - Component side artwork
..clp - component side soldermask
..csl - component side silkscreen
..sol - solder side artwork
..slp - solder side soldermask

20127d is probably referring to the pcb number and revision, maybe the artwork
number if the company numbers them seperately. Probably of little use to you.

What make/model of car was it?


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[Lewin A.R.W. Edwards]

D16310GF

This is a UPD16310 high-voltage display driver. Datasheet is available
from partminer.com for free (I just downloaded it to check).

two identical chips. This is what is written on them:
D16326GB

These are UPD16326 32-bit fluorescent display tube drivers. Datasheets
available from partminer, again.

If you have trouble downloading the datasheets from www.partminer.com,
let me know and I will email them to you.