ZM1550 test setup
Posted: 27 October 2011 Filed under: Electronics, General | Tags: display, tools, ZM1550 3 Comments »
I’ve been lucky and was able to buy 27 used, untested ZM1550’s. So I’ve made a test setup to get them all sorted out as fast as possible once they arrive.
The test setup
This is just a little test print on which I soldered three 5 pin connectors and one 4 pin connector and then connect all the segments of both digits together (a with a, b with b, etc.). Then I soldered some wires to connect them to the CN3 connector on the pinball display driver. The shield is connected to pin 1 of CN1 and the decimal points and both anodes are connected to the appropriate pins on CN2 in the same way.
Fortunately, the first ZM1550 module I put in worked, so I know the setup was good.
This one works!
Unfortunately, not all the modules I put in worked 🙁
This one doesn't
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Nice job! I am also looking for some ZM1550 displays. Can you point me to a source?
Hi hyperdyne,
I bought mine on ebay. They are all part of an old Gen 1 Zaccaria pinball machine that got stripped for parts. Maybe you should look for an old Gen 1 wreck and buy it for the displays. I also have an address of someone who has some NOS ZM1550’s if you’re interested.
Teta
Hello …. for ZM1550 look here: http://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/ZM1550-display-nieuw-doosje-/121002885185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_123&hash=item1c2c558041
greetings