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OB-VFD Replacement display board - March update

OB-VFD Replacement display board - March update

2009-03-13 by stevelenham

Hi,

My apologies for the lack of updates regarding the OB-VFD display upgrade recently. Despite this, please be assured that the upgrade is still being actively worked on and is close to being ready for production.

The only issue which has been encountered during the beta programme is that some instruments have very noisy power supplies and this noise can couple into the display circuitry. I have to be confident that the upgrades will work with ALL instruments out there, so am currently adding extra filtering and improving the PCB tracking to remove the interference.

The Xpander on which all the original development work was done had just been completely recapped, so was much less noisy and did not reveal the problem!

Other than that, there have been no problems with fit or function, so I hope to be able to post again shortly to say that all is ready. Many thanks for all the expressions of interest - I appreciate them, and it is good to know that the product is needed.

Best regards,

Steve

Steve Lenham
Benden Sound Technology
www.bendensound.co.uk

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