Okay - my typical format in reverse - rather than starting out showing you the display running and then going for a teardown, I have to do this one in reverse and take it apart first. And then it gets interesting..... Enjoy!
Incandescent Display In Action - https://youtu.be/H_deGB6xkwU
Those other fiber-optic displays I showed - https://youtu.be/gDhewwJNK0A
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15 thoughts on “Crazy complicated 7-segment incandescent display”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TheAtomstrike says:

    примерно в 1980 году в мои руки попал цифровой индикатор, который состоял из 10 ламп накаливания, 10 цифровых шаблонов, 10- линз и матового экрана

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Optron Cordian says:

    Have you tried connecting the socket with the wires directly to the one with the bulbs? From here it seems like it will work that way …

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Виктор Самбуров says:

    На лампочках!!!!!😮

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Виктор Самбуров says:

    Во раньше заморачивались! Такой бутерброд собрали!

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars WeBeGood says:

    lol, all gold plated pins…the federal government knows no bounds…in making solid gold hammers.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars robert w says:

    That thing had to be ridiculously expensive when it was new

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars davida1hiwaaynet says:

    Fascinating device! What a huge amount of complexity for a single digit.
    Question; can you pull the front-most part out of that to change the incandescent lamps without removing the rest of that from the panel?

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Валентин Судомир says:

    wow, I just wander how would they manufacture those mini bulbs? it just looks impossible

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars stephen douglas says:

    Now you have it apart, you can bypass the driver and just power the first half of the display 😊

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hagen P says:

    Nice! 4 bit latch — 3 bits for 7-segment decoder, one bit for decimal point.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hagen P says:

    The opposite of module replacement – you can replace every single component. Just imagine you are on Mars and can't get a new module. It's enough to have the proper incndescent bulb and your display is good to go again… crazy.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jozef Novak says:

    Super! Thank you very much!

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars RememberingMaryEvely says:

    It must have been designed for the military. It looks too expensive for commercial sale.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Marcos Eduardo da Silva says:

    two TTL like 7447… the 5447 is a military version.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shaun Clarke says:

    Really disappointed you didn't get it going.

    Would be a great video to see you reverse engineer the pinout and get it running.

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