Please count me in for one. I've been sitting on a stash of 5971's for a while. I'd love to finally light them up.
Hopefully, there will be interest. On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 1:26:38 AM UTC-5, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: > > Hi, Greg, > > If there is enough collective interest yes, I could draft a board similar > to the one built for ZM1350 and use the same style casing. If I can get > three folks interested I could offset the production cost at a reasonable > cost. > > Mahdi > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:13 PM 'Greg P' via neonixie-l < > neoni...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Mahdi, >> >> Any chance you'll make a version that will use 5971's? >> >> >> >> On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 6:05:32 PM UTC-5, Jon D. wrote: >>> >>> Excellent. >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 2:02 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <mahdi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Jon, >>>> >>>> Great! I should have a fully assembled version by the end of the month, >>>> so you can see it finalized before deciding to commit. >>>> >>>> Mahdi >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 3:32 PM Jon Jackson <jond...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Mahdi, >>>>> >>>>> I am interested, as I've got a dozen or so ZM1350s. >>>>> >>>>> Jon J. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 7:54 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <mahdi...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, Richard, >>>>>> >>>>>> I saw your board - how nice! While the ZM1350 smart socket PCB on >>>>>> groupsio helped me recreate the panaplex footprint, I am building my own >>>>>> board in full, to include the decimal point functionality. Means of >>>>>> driving >>>>>> (PIC with discrete transistors) is pretty much the same though. >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed you used an 8266 and Arduino in tandem - I know exactly how >>>>>> you feel, and have done the same thing on occasion. I recently switched >>>>>> to >>>>>> the ESP32 and am quite glad for having done so; while the 8266 is an >>>>>> excellent microcontroller, it is just too pin limited. The >>>>>> susceptibility >>>>>> to program crashing also irritated me deeply. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mahdi >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:27 PM Richard Scales < >>>>>> ric...@scalesweb.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> If I hadn't just made such a thing I might have been but I feel that >>>>>>> my ZM1350 box is ticked. It does look like a great deal though. >>>>>>> Are you driving the decimal point on the displays or are you using >>>>>>> the 'standard' ZM1350 Smart-Socket code which (as far as I can tell) >>>>>>> does >>>>>>> not? >>>>>>> I added the capability to drive the decimal points but, as it turns >>>>>>> out - have yet to actually use them - I ended up using a whole tube for >>>>>>> decimal point/colon/degree symbol etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, 29 November 2019 18:16:34 UTC, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, everyone, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm working on an eight digit ZM1350 display with a multilayered >>>>>>>> black anodized aluminum and black acrylic exterior. I know eight >>>>>>>> ZM1350s >>>>>>>> are hard to come by, but would anyone be interested in purchasing one, >>>>>>>> fully assembled without tubes, to include the casing, for around >>>>>>>> $300.00? >>>>>>>> Just gauging interest. Technically you can use however many ZM1350s as >>>>>>>> you >>>>>>>> have available; eight for the full display. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here's a GitHub repo with some pictures to check out more. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks. 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