Yea, there are some pasive displays with numerals arranged like this, but all of them have all the decimal digits as you said. The thing is, that they do not count. I understand how it could be beneficial to close all the numbers in one envelope if you have 10 of them, but with only 6 you could have yoused setup like you explained. There might be slight benefit, that the ignition voltages are loqer if the cathodes are together, not sure about that though.
On Tuesday, 19 November 2013 17:59:14 UTC+1, greg...@hotmail.com wrote: > > I've seen similar, with digits 0-9. I'm not sure why this unit is 1-6 > because you could not even use it for a clock; > must have been a special application. > > I've always wondered if anyone manufactured a dekatron (or in this case, a > "hexatron" ) in this manner. > I doubt these were very popular because the digits are much smaller than a > conventional nixie with the same footprint, > and they move around. Even nixies are a bit annoying as the numerals move > forward and backward. > > This just inspired me for another clock project (my wife is gonna kill > me....): I will etch some metal disks and backlight them with NE-2's; > I think it would be sinful to use an LED...... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bdf5a38a-8c9c-4620-915e-32f6c451a230%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
