RoHS 2011/65/EU Vacuum Fluorescent Display Module Specification Model: GU140X16J-7000B Specification No.: DS-1711-0000-01 Date of Issue: November 29, 2011 (00) Revision: April 27, 2012 (01) Published by NORITAKE ITRON CORP. / Japan GU140X16J-7000B Contents 1 General Description ................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Scope .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Construction .................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Outline ............................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Weight ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.5 Block Diagram ................................................................................................................................ 3 2 Electrical specifications .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings ............................................................................................................ 4 2.2 Electrical ratings ............................................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Electrical Characteristics ................................................................................................................ 4 3 Optical Specifications .............................................................................................................................. 5 4 Environmental Specifications ................................................................................................................. 5 5 Interface ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 5.1 Type of interface ............................................................................................................................. 5 5.2 Parallel interface ............................................................................................................................. 5 5.2.1 Basic function .............................................................................................................................. 5 5.2.2 Parallel Interface timing .............................................................................................................. 6 5.3 Serial interface ................................................................................................................................ 7 5.3.1 Basic function .............................................................................................................................. 7 5.3.2 Asynchronous serial interface timing .......................................................................................... 7 5.4 Reset timing .................................................................................................................................... 7 6 Display specification ................................................................................................................................ 8 6.1 Displayable image types ................................................................................................................. 8 6.1.1 Graphic display ........................................................................................................................... 8 6.1.2 Character display ........................................................................................................................ 8 6.2 Display memory .............................................................................................................................. 8 6.3 Window ........................................................................................................................................... 9 6.3.1 Base-Window .............................................................................................................................. 9 6.3.2 User-Window .............................................................................................................................. 9 6.4 Write screen mode ........................................................................................................................ 10 6.4.1 Display screen mode ................................................................................................................ 10 6.4.2 All screen mode ........................................................................................................................ 10 6.5 Character display format ............................................................................................................... 11 7 Function .................................................................................................................................................. 12 7.1 Commands ................................................................................................................................... 12 7.1.1 Character display ...................................................................................................................... 12 7.1.2 BS (Back Space) ...................................................................................................................... 13 7.1.3 HT (Horizontal Tab) 1 character to right ................................................................................ 13 7.1.4 LF (Line Feed) ......................................................................................................................... 14 7.1.5 HOM (Home Position) .............................................................................................................. 15 7.1.6 CR (Carriage Return) ............................................................................................................... 15 7.1.7 US xL xH yL yH (Cursor Set) ................................................................................................ 15 7.1.8 CLR (Display Clear) ................................................................................................................. 15 7.1.9 US C n (Cursor display) ........................................................................................................... 15 7.1.10 ESC (Initialize Display) ........................................................................................................ 15 7.1.11 ESC % n (Download character ON/OFF) ................................................................................ 16 7.1.12 ESC & a c1 c2 x1 d1...d(ax1) ... xk d1...d(axk) (Download character definition) .............. 16 7.1.13 ESC a c (Download character delete) .................................................................................. 17 7.1.14 ESC R n (International font set) ............................................................................................... 17 7.1.15 ESC t n (Character table type) ................................................................................................. 17 7.1.16 US MD1 (Over-write mode) ..................................................................................................... 17 7.1.17 US MD2 (Vertical scroll mode) ................................................................................................. 18 7.1.18 US MD3 (Horizontal scroll mode) ............................................................................................ 18 7.1.19 US s n (Horizontal scroll speed) .............................................................................................. 18 7.1.20 US r n (Reverse display) .......................................................................................................... 18 7.1.21 US w n (Write mixture display mode) ...................................................................................... 19 7.1.22 US X n (Brightness level setting) ............................................................................................. 19 7.1.23 US ( a n parameter (Display action command group) ........................................................... 19 7.1.24 <Function 01h> US ( a 01h t (Wait) ......................................................................................... 19 7.1.25 <Function 10h> US ( a 10h wL wH cL cH s (Scroll display action).......................................... 20 7.1.26 <Function 11h> US ( a 11h p t1 t2 c (Blink) ............................................................................. 21 7.1.27 <Function 40h> US ( a 40h p (Screen saver) .......................................................................... 21 - 1 -