Hi: As the "community" of users and clock builders with Nixie and other obsolete display technologies, should we consider setting standards for the spacing of tubes, particularly in clocks?
Then anyone who markets sub-assemblies such as PCBs which carry tubes, could design the mechanics such as the tube spacing and perhaps other parameters such as mounting holes to the standard. Standard PCBs could then fit into standard cases. Of course, the spacing for large tubes and small tubes must differ. So there could be a standard for common 12-18mm digit height tubes for instance, specifying tube spacing as a function of some aesthetically appealing proportions of digit width (relying on the mean width of typical tubes of this category) to tube spacing. Likewise for larger tubes such as ZM1040/Z566M and IN-18. It might be nice if different technologies of tubes could fit to a particular standard, such as accommodating 21mm VFD tubes in the same category mentioned above, so that a wide variety of clock designs could fit a standard case size. What think we? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
