Dave at eevblog posted an excellent video series on designing custom LCDs, so I watched those a number of times. I also found another eevblog user who posted a great writeup of a replacement LCD he designed for his Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 PC-1 (coincidentally I desperately wanted one of these when I was a kid).
The Fluke 8060a manual has a pretty good image of the display... it's not exactly the same as what you see on the glass, but it would have been close enough to use for a replacement. However, I didn't feel quite right copying the work done in the manual, and I wanted to make a few of my own tweaks anyway so I created my own graphics for the LCD.
I used Inkscape to draw the segments how I wanted them... I increased the digit size a tiny bit and also dropped the continuity bar down a little bit from the top of the display so I'd be able to see it better. (with the original display I sometimes struggled to see if the continuity bar was ON, since it wsa so close to the display bezel which often cast a shadow on the top of the LCD)
The LCD details are:
1. Display Type - TN/Positive
2. Polarizer Type - Reflective
3. Drive Mode - 1/2 Bias, 1/2 Duty
4. Operating Voltage - 3V
5. Viewing Direction - 6 o'clock
6. Connector Type - Elastomer
The 8060 display pinout is:
pin H1 H2
---------------
1 H1
2 cont bar
3 rel audible
4 A0 B0
5 G0 C0
6 E0 D0
7 F0 DP0
8 A1 B1
9 G1 C1
10 E1 D1
11 F1 DP1
12 A2 B2
13 G2 C2
14 E2 D2
15 F2 DP2
16 A3 B3
17 G3 C3
18 E3 D3
19 F3 DP3
20 1/2 1/2
21 BT NEG
22 K HZ
23 H2
The Inkscape image, the LCD details and the pinout then went into a document that I could send off to an LCD fabricator for a quote.
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