RoHS 2002/95/EC Vacuum Fluorescent Display Module Hardware Specification Model: GU256X64D-3900B Specification No: DS-1614-0001-02 Date of Issue: October 15, 2010 (00) Revision: October 27, 2010 (01) March 2, 2011 (02) Published by NORITAKE ITRON Corp. / Japan GU256X64D-3900B Hardware Specification Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1 General Description ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Construction ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Outline....................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Block Diagram ......................................................................................................................................... 2 2 General-purpose I/O port ............................................................................................................................ 3 3 Electrical Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 3 3.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings ................................................................................................................... 3 3.2 Electrical Ratings .................................................................................................................................... 3 3.3 Electrical Characteristics ........................................................................................................................ 4 4 Environmental Specifications.................................................................................................................... 5 5 Optical Specifications .................................................................................................................................. 5 6 Physical Specifications ............................................................................................................................... 5 7 Applicable Specifications ........................................................................................................................... 5 8 Interface........................................................................................................................................................... 5 8.1 Interface timing ........................................................................................................................................ 5 8.1.1 Parallel interface timing 1 (Not applicable for bit image data transfer in DMA mode) ..................... 5 8.1.2 Parallel interface timing 2 (Applicable for bit image data transfer in DMA mode) ............................ 6 8.1.3 RS-232 Asynchronous serial interface timing ..................................................................................... 6 9 Setup ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 9.1 DIP-Switch (SW1) ................................................................................................................................... 7 10 Connectors ................................................................................................................................................. 7 10.1 Parallel interface & Power connector (CN2) ....................................................................................... 7 10.2 RS-232 Interface & Power connector (CN3) ....................................................................................... 7 10.3 General-purpose I/O port through-holes (CN4) .................................................................................. 7 10.4 Connector position .................................................................................................................................. 8 11 Physical Dimensions ................................................................................................................................... 9 Notice for the Cautious Handling of VFD Modules .................................................................................... 10 Revision history ................................................................................................................................................... 11 - 1 -