I have this board. It came out of a Samsung TV box. I took it apart and had a good look at the board. I thought a clock might be a good idea but it is a 34 pin vacuum fluorescent display so that was kind of knocked off the list. Other than that, I had no other ideas so I came to fitting place to see if any of you had some ideas.

NOTE: The heatsink, inductor, and 3 diodes are for aesthetic purposes.

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I had no other ideas so I came to fitting place to see if any of you had some ideas.

NOTE: The heatsink, inductor, and 3 diodes are for aesthetic purposes

Ideas for what? You haven't told us your goal.

 

I thought a clock might be a good idea but it is a 34 pin vacuum fluorescent display so that was kind of knocked off the list.

Why can't a clock be made using a vacuum fluorescent display?
http://www.g7smy.co.uk/2016/04/hacking-a-vacuum-fluorescent-display/

 

Make it a USB charger port that displays the current on the screen.

 

Practice destroying vacuum fluorescent displays.
A.H.W.

 

What can I make of this?

Well, I can make a hat;
I can make a brooch;
I can make a pterodactyl!

 

I think those displays were the ones that were on the front panel of every television-tuner/recorder-like device built in the 1980s and 1990s. They faked consumers into thinking they did something but they were really just designed to flash "12:00".

 

I had no other ideas so I came to fitting place to see if any of you had some ideas.

Here's an idea. Temove all the components from the PCB board. Then use the board as a bookmark. You know what a book is?

 

Here's an idea. Temove all the components from the PCB board. Then use the board as a bookmark. You know what a book is?

That pcb won't fit in the slot of my Kindle.

 

It looks like a good parts harvesting exercise.

I see a 38KHz IR receiver. You can build a 38KHz IR transmitter with a 555 chip to make an IR tripwire.

You can disassemble the piezo buzzer and feed the output to a high-gain audio amplifier. Hold the diaphragm against a wall or window to hear what's going on in the next room.

That large heatsink is always nice to have in your junk box.

The USB jack can come in handy for a future project. De-solder it and toss it in your junk bin.

Is that diode mounted on a thermistor?

It never hurts to have a few extra rectifier diodes should you ever need them.

That cylinder marked 220 is most likely an RF choke... free magnet wire inside!

 

Are you into micro controllers?
Download the data sheet for that TFMS5360 and some sample code, maybe for Arduino and use it for input. Maybe you can find a datasheet for the display & use it too. Or just sound the buzzer when the IR receiver gets any signal.

 

Strip it for parts and toss the rest.

As for the display you can play around with it and wire it up to permanently show whatever combination of indicators you want without too much effort. Or just turn everything on and put it behind an opaque piece of plastic (or paint) and use it for a backlight or nightlight light source.

Even with everything turned on those displays have crazy long service lives.

Or get a cheap display driver IC to turn it into something else just for the learning experience.

 

Why can't a clock be made using a vacuum fluorescent display?
http://www.g7smy.co.uk/2016/04/hacking-a-vacuum-fluorescent-display/

I just thought that there might be too many pins. But I guess that's back on my list!

 

Also, thanks for all the replys!

 

You could salvage the piezo buzzer and donate it to the barking dog thread that started up yesterday.