For filament we can use DC or AC voltage but AC has superiority over DC. If the filament is driven with a DC voltage there will be a voltage gradient across its length. This means the end of the display with the more positive filament voltage will have less of a differential to the anodes, and thus will be dimmer than the negative end of the filament due to the potential gradient effect.
http://insanity4004.blogspot.com/2017/03/p170-dh-vacuum-flourescent-display.html
https://www.qsl.net/m0ayf/VFD-Regen.html
to producing AC voltage i decided to use a microcontroller, in this case i choose an Attiny13 .
for achieving a 5v 60hz ac voltage i programmed two pins of Attiny13 as output and switching them on/off respectively with a 8 milliseconds delay.
void setup() {
pinMode(0, OUTPUT);
pinMode(1, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() {
digitalWrite(0, HIGH);
digitalWrite(1, LOW);
delay(8);
digitalWrite(0, LOW);
digitalWrite(1, HIGH);
delay(8);
}
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