DarkenReaper57
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Now, I will start off by saying that I am a complete noob to VFD's. I have been poking around the FAQ for VFD's and LCD's - the kind that are used for displaying information such as temperatures.
I would like to add a small inexpensive VFD or LCD to display the temperature of, say, my coolant or CPU on the front of an external watercooling box. Is this feasible? It doesn't need to be connected to the PC at all. I would actually prefer if it to be completely independent, and simply displayed the temperature off of a sensor inline with a w/c system.
I really don't need the other fancy text-displaying features and such.
So, what do I need to do in order to do this? Keep in mind that I am a noob to electronics - I have been reading a book on DC circuits but I have only touched the basics of series/parallel circuits and component failure. Nothing with IC's yet.
Sorry if this is a stupid post, but I am trying to weed out all of the really complicated stuff - I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
Thanks.
I would like to add a small inexpensive VFD or LCD to display the temperature of, say, my coolant or CPU on the front of an external watercooling box. Is this feasible? It doesn't need to be connected to the PC at all. I would actually prefer if it to be completely independent, and simply displayed the temperature off of a sensor inline with a w/c system.
I really don't need the other fancy text-displaying features and such.
So, what do I need to do in order to do this? Keep in mind that I am a noob to electronics - I have been reading a book on DC circuits but I have only touched the basics of series/parallel circuits and component failure. Nothing with IC's yet.
Sorry if this is a stupid post, but I am trying to weed out all of the really complicated stuff - I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
Thanks.