So I pulled this VFD from a microwave oven some time ago, I really wanna use it for a project as a panel meter but I know fuck all about VFD's.
Here are some pictures,
As you can see it's an NEC display with a part number of FIP4J9A, however googling that just gets me a FIP selection document which details picking a FIP display for a product.
Looking through that document it appears my display is a semi-custom model, but I'm not sure.
All I really need to know is how to make it work, the back of it has a handy wiring schematic and from that and the document it's pretty apparent that this display needs to be multiplexed, which I would love some info on how to do.
I might point out that in the original board I took it from, it was wired directly into the pins of a giant 40 pin micro. Sadly I didn't keep the board.
Any info is appreciated, step by step instructions and a schematic even more so.
Thanks in advance.