Thank you for this, Dmitry. I can't help but think, though.. I wonder what application a thyratron display was intended for?
-Adam 2010/10/25 Дмитрий Дианов <dvdia...@gmail.com> > Hello everyone. > > My friend Vyacheslav Sokolov, a great Nixie/plasma collector, builded a > clock on these tubes a long time ago. Unfortunately, now he`s too busy to > write a complete article of using them, so here I put my reduced translate > of his post introducing the project. > > "I think, nobody will make something on these lamps because of the > dfficulty of powering and their rarity. > I only decided to write about them to let you know, what they are. > The lamp need three power voltages, excluding main TTL controlling. I used: > 1. -230V > 2.+40V > 3.+100V > > To quicken the developing I used the mains voltage :D. > The control is rather simple. > First seven grids are segment grids, they`re powered from TTL-levels, it is > very useful. > Then the voltage is given to the second grid, the control grid for each > tube, TTL again. > That`s OK, the tube is lit as we wanted. > But to turn the tube off, we should drop the voltages of the first and > second ANODES to the ground. > Such system is rather useful from the side of programming. No dynamic > indication, scanning, no strobe effect. > At first some tubes didn`t work correctly, some segments didn`t light up, > but it was OK in twenty minutes." > > That`s all this time. In addition I can say, that in the photo we see no > transistors, so, probably (I don`t have a circuit diagram) he connected > control grids to the registers/MCU directly. > If it is needed, I can translate the pinout fully. Also I`ll ask Vyacheslav > further design questions, if they are :). > The indication block from submarine I told you yesterday is still waiting > for photographing, I hope, I will bi able to do it tomorrow. > And the photo, the only photo of Vyacheslav`s clock: > http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6353/its1a.jpg. I`ll ask him to make > more, of course. > > Best regards, > Dmitry Dianov. > > -- > 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<neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > -- 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.
