I appreciate the input. Here's a new video, with a couple of small tweeks: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x264die_nixie5-prototype-demo-modified_tech
I slowed down the dekatron 'tick' from 20mS to 28mS, so the motion becomes more constant, and those pauses shortened. There is suppose to be a 8 note preamble, in the chime. I noticed I got two notes wrong. I also have two spare jumpers, for possible options. I'm still finalizing the firmware, so I've got about two weeks to tweek it. I'm open to ideas. On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4:55:36 PM UTC-7, Terry S wrote: > > Mike, can you take a little friendly criticism? > > I don't like the motion of the dekatron pendulum. It looks un-natural, and > pauses too distinctly at each end of the "stroke". > > Also, the chimes sounded a bit ... shall we say... dissonant? As if maybe > I were trying to sing the notes? > > Other than that.... nice clock. I like the features. > > Terry > -- 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/6344d3d1-cdb6-4b79-ba03-2873f0caf1c6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
