My few thoughts: Yep, through hole where possible, but things like direct drive and HV5622 etc are often only in SMD and they are so useful!
Consider the ESP8266 as the microcontroller - has a lot of the advantages of the Pi, (as in, Wifi enabled etc, NTP support) but without the overhead of an operating system. I've used it for a number of projects here, including VFD clocks, and it's generally very good. Only annoying thing is lack of hardware PWM, so it's done in SW. I don't really want a clock with a full OS on, as the last thing I need is having to sysadmin it (eg remove log files etc!) David On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 16:54, Tyler Bourne <speedybou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Dalibor. > > I have a couple thoughts on a kit. > > I would lean toward through hole components if possible to improve ease of > assemble and hackability, this may not be practical though. > Using a socketed Arduino compatible controller would also help with the > hackability. > > > I can't wait to someday see a jumbo nixie for an affordable* price. > *compared to a CD47. > > PS. I actually like the shape of the numbers in the CD47, makes it a bit > more unique. > > -- > 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 email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3a8c2b5b-e5eb-4764-87d0-0cc6b793ccf3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3a8c2b5b-e5eb-4764-87d0-0cc6b793ccf3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAOQ6x0H3FSMyfj2h1vP5Ar3B9pLp_d03-bm3z-uBu%3DZm4e9QUw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
