I've wondered about using little to92 triacs to run nixies from,you can get them up to 800v fairly cheap, you'd need ac to power the tubes of course.
On 18 Oct, 07:51, "JohnK" <yend...@internode.on.net> wrote: > They are cute ! > Make more and do a Binary Clock. Use relays/valves if you don't want to rig > semis for the 550V+ . > > John K > Australia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jb-electronics" <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> > To: <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 12:26 AM > Subject: [neonixie-l] My first two-digit Nixie tube! > > > Hi folks, > > > I did it: I have just built my first two-digit Nixie tube! I call her > > "NX-LS-1". > > > She contains the digits 0 and 1 as well as a zig-zag anode. Filling is (as > > usual) air at 15mbar. I will have my needle valve shortly, then I will be > > able to do some neon thingies. > > > See some pictures here: > > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_1.jpg > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_2.jpg > > > The digits glow in a nice purple, but my camera has a hard time to grasp > > the color. The truth is somewhat in between the very purple and very blue > > color in the following pictures: > > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_3.jpg > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_4.jpg > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_5.jpg > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_6.jpg > >http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_7.jpg > > > Jens > > > -- > > 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, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
