I have been workin with arduino for several years, and im wondering if i can possibly use a 64 by 64 plasma dot matix display, it is simular to the led 64 by 64 display, but id likly have to use many relays as the display requires 300-450 volts. any ideas? these panels that im using are nos from the 1970's.
This means
64 * 64 = 4096 dots?
You would have to use high-voltage transistors to drive the dots
or
relays
in both cases this would mean to adress 4096 "IO-pins"
For this you could use the daisychain-able serial input / serial output-drivers
type MAX7219.
Where each MAX7219 can drive 8 dots which means you need
4096 / 8 = 512 of them.
or to use 74HC595 daisychain-able shiftregisters (8 bits each shiftregister)
best regards Stefan
Please post all the technical information you have on this panel, or links to documents.
Please post pictures showing as much as can be gleaned by examining the unit.
It is unlikely that it functions in the basis of needing 4096 switches of any kind.
It may nevertheless be a challenge to use with any Arduino.
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sure, but they are all in ukrain/russian writing
yes, 64 by 64 dot, and display is capable of red and green pixels.
red and green so all in all
2 * 4096 = 8192 pixels ?
are you sure you want to use this plasma-display and not a modern neopixel display?
here you can buy a 8x8 matrix for 3.30 Euro
4096 / 64 = 64
3.30 x 64 = 211.20 Euro
The electric current will be gigantic for 4096 pixels
per color 4096 x 0.02A = 81.92 A
three colors
3 x 4096 x 0.02 A = 246 A
4096 high-voltage transistors 0.20 Euro each = 820 Euros
relay for 300 to 450 volts will cost more
and then all the other parts are not calculated.
I guess using a Raspberry Pi connected to a HIGH-lumen beamer will be cheaper than such a display.
Of course it depends on the real application you want to use this for
maybe even a red/green laser-scanner might be cheaper
or using a POV-display
best regards Stefan
yes, i have 8 of these displays that came to me in a lot of ussr displays, (nixie tubes, cold cathode neons, flip displays, and these plasma vfd's.
Is there no driver hardware with the display?
If this one page document is all you know about it, I think it's quite hopeless.
nope, just the display. its very hopefull, just with arduino, or do i have to design a drive curcuit for a serial input.
Do you mean designing a serial input for a driver-circuit?
microcontroller------>------serial-input-of-----plasma-dot-driver
yes.
"...screens for various purposes manufactured for the needs of the national economy." Data sheets no doubt written by the Politburo. You can't use these for trivial hobby projects. 
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made by Gazotron during the ussr