> I'm a refugee of the old yahoo group but its many years since I have > done anything with nixies.
Welcome back! > However I recently came across my box of > tubes which I amassed mainly from eBay probably eight or ten years > ago. > > I thought I might try something driven by an Arduino - it'll be quite > a learning curve but should keep me busy ;) If I were you, I'd go a step at a time. Looks like you have all you need, aside from an HV supply. First, I'd grab a tube, anode resistor, and one of those driver chips, and try direct driving a single digit. Then I'd add more digits until I ran out of I/O pins. Then I'd either try a shift register as an I/O expander, or look into a multiplexed design using anode switches. But getting that first digit lit is a real thrill! Here's a pic of my first try with an Arduino: http://www.vitriol.com/images/tech/nixies/nixie-firstlight.jpg - John -- 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/396DEED1-DE95-4D9A-AB77-AC86E93DC47E%40mac.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.