I had an idea the other day which may not be possible because of the heat involved in the making of a nixie or because of the conditions inside the tube once it's filled with gas but it were possible to include an ic inside the tube then you would beable to reduce the number external connections.
On 8 July, 14:27, David Forbes <dfor...@dakotacom.net> wrote: > On 7/8/2011 2:20 PM, James wrote: > > > How about a pinch seal with an inline row of wires? I've only ever > > made those with two wires, but I don't see why it would be that much > > more difficult to put 10+ wires through with an appropriate jig. > > Induction heating is easy, I built one of those a while back that I > > use for other things. As for the ceramic spacers, would glass work? I > > know you can get small glass craft beads, I can't say I've ever looked > > into it though. The glassblowing is the hard part, I can do a > > reasonable job of splicing and bending neon tube but even after much > > practice it's very difficult to get good consistent results. > > The B5870 tube would be a good starting point for a design using a pinch seal. > It has a zig-zag row of wires in the header, and the bottom of each digit is > spot-welded to its wire, with no spacers or connecting wires needed. There is > a > single ceramic block at the top to hold the digits in place. > > After all, if you're trying to make it yourself, simplicity is valuable. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson, AZ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@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.
