Hi All; I experimenting with a 24Hr 6 digit Nixie clock. This will have 56 active digits and be driven with this transistor matrix operating as a current sink. Question 1: Of course there can be 60 digits with the 6 Nixies, but only 56 would ever be lit. Or the any Poisoning problems associated with the 56 digits even though 4 digits will never be active? Question 2: This current sink array can only drive 1 digit at a time. So the circuit must be multiplexed between the 6 Nixies and drive the digits each with 6 times the current for 1/6th the time. Do the Nixies have any problems doing this? Shorter life? Increased poisoning perhaps?
BTW, the I'm running MicroMite Basic on a 28 pin PIC32MX170F256B processor. This is a wonderfull micro a so interactive when testing code. Thanks! redrok -- 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/48516622-91c7-4eb8-b485-82699daa5f14%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
