Ha, okay, sounds like I better start cracking away at it. 6 or 8 tube preference on the 5971 display?
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 11:05 AM Jon Jackson <jondad...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm in for a B-5971 display (as well as the ZM1350). Got a bunch of > B-5971s... > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 6:18 AM Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I’ll throw my name into the ring too! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 3, 2019, at 04:18, 'Greg P' via neonixie-l < >> neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> >> 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> 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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