New equipment helps Hudson VFD put fires out 'quickly, efficiently'

The Hudson Volunteer Fire Department has upgraded its firefighting equipment after years of using outdated hoses and nozzles ...
Hackaday

Hacking A 30-year-old Russian VFD

Reddit user [InThePartsBin] found some VFDs (Vacuum Fluorescent Displays) on an old PCB on eBay. The Russian boards date from 1987 and have a bunch of through-hole resistors, transistors and a some ...

4 displaced in residential structure fire, Valdosta FD says

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) — The Valdosta Fire Department (VFD) responded Sunday, Jan. 4 to a residential structure fire that ...
Machine Design

Feed your VFD with the right power

A VFD reports a low-volts fault when the drive's dc link voltage drops below 62% of the nominal level for the high setting (480 Vac) and 50% of nominal for the low setting (400 Vac). The +10% and -15% ...
WVVA

Ceres VFD responds to weekend plane crash on West Bluegrass Trail

CERES, Va. (WVVA) - On Saturday, around 12:45pm, the Ceres Volunteer Fire Department responded to a single-engine plane crash on West Bluegrass Trail. Both occupants had self-extracted from the ...
Hackaday

A Loving Look Inside Vacuum Fluorescent Displays

Everyone knows we’re big fans of displays that differ from the plain old flat-panel LCDs that seem to adorn most devices these days. It’s a bit boring when the front panel of your widget is the same ...