Futaba VFD Micropython Driver for the Raspberry Pi Pico, with Framebuffer support

Verified supported displays

6 Digits

• Futaba 000FV959IN
• BOE CIG14-0604B

8 Digits

• Futaba 8-MD-06INKM

16 Digits

• Futaba 16-SD-13GINK (partial framebuffer support, wip)

Functions

Function	Parameters	Description
init()	TODO	TODO
clear()	TODO	TODO
clear(address: int)	TODO	TODO
disable()	TODO	TODO
enable()	TODO	TODO
fadein(delay_ms: int, dimming: int)	TODO	TODO
fadeout(delay_ms: int, dimming: int)	TODO	TODO
off()	TODO	TODO
on()	TODO	TODO
reset()	TODO	TODO
scramble(address: int, n_times: int)	TODO	TODO
set_dimming(dimming: int)	TODO	TODO
show_fb()	TODO	TODO
standby(is_standby: bool)	TODO	TODO
store_custom_symbol(address: int, data: list)	TODO	TODO
write_bits(address: int, bits: list)	TODO	TODO
write_char(address: int, char: int)	TODO	TODO
write_fb(address: int, buf: bytearray)	TODO	TODO
write_str(address: int, msg: str, scroll: bool, delay_ms: int)	TODO	TODO

References

Based on the official datasheet and the following repositories:

https://github.com/zhcong/8MD06INKM-for-micropython

https://github.com/Reboot93/MicroPython-8MD-06INKM-display-driver

https://github.com/3KUdelta/Futaba-VFD-16bit_ESP32

https://github.com/sfxfs/ESP32-VFD-8DM-Arduino