Thanks for the comments. It might be a good exercise for me to wire up a PIC or something similar. I've been looking for a project to do some actual perfboarding versus a kit PCB, and it would let me do some PIC programming which I haven't done yet.
One other question if you actually have built one of these specific units. Any suggestions on connectors for the pins? They're kind of rectangular. I soldered some wires directly to one of the units just to test it out and play with the 74141 logic table but I'd like to find a connector to slip on. All the nixies I've built up until now were from kits or using an ardunix or arduino with existing code so I haven't had to look at the truth table until now. I had fun watching the digits change based on which inputs I was setting high. I realize it's trivial, but it's exciting for someone still learning the basics. On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Nigel Walker <dogas...@googlemail.com>wrote: > ** > I just use the brute force method of using a 40 pin DIL PIC. Nice and easy. > > Nigel. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Dylan Distasio <interz...@gmail.com> > *To:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, November 25, 2011 3:37 PM > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Question on Russian IN-14 kit > > Hi all- > > I picked up a Russian nixie tube kit on eBay which I just received. It's > got 6 IN-14s, each wired to a separate PCB with a 74141 on each board. I'm > not sure if anyone on list has built one of these before, but I wondered if > anyone has any tips for controlling all 6 digits for a clock without > needing to control 4 separate inputs on each 74141 individually. I will > have to set 24 different inputs this way to control the clock digits. I > realize I will have to wire them up either way, but was hoping there might > be a trick to reducing the number of unique input signals I need to manage > with a microcontroller of some sort. I am still a beginner with > multiplexing. I am familiar with it from the Arduinix and other designs > but since each tube has its own chip I'm not sure what the best approach > is. I'm still a beginner so I am probably missing something obvious. > > Thanks, > Dylan > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
