Hello Mike, Thank you that is exactly what I wanted to do :-)
How did you made the A-101 sockets ? Le vendredi 22 septembre 2023 à 13:59:24 UTC+2, Mike Mitchell a écrit : > I built a dekatron clock based on https://959radio.co.uk/dekatron.html as > shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeS3xuuRBV4 > There is a link from that video to a dropbox with photos of the build, > including a photo of a hand-drawn schematic. > I used a STQ3N45K3 N-channel Mosfet as an inter-stage coupler instead of a > vacuum triode. > > > On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:56:11 AM UTC-4 Dekatron42 wrote: > >> >> You can contact the designer of that clock, he answered my questions >> manyvyears ago. >> >> You can also have a look here: >> https://threeneurons.wordpress.com/dekatron-stuff/ for dekatron driving >> and explanationd. >> >> /Martin >> On Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 20:18:47 UTC+2 Benoit Tourret wrote: >> >>> Good morning, >>> I'm still with my idea of making a dekatron clock. >>> >>> I found some diagrams at http://959radio.co.uk/dekatron.html >>> >>> but here is my second question: >>> in the diagram http://959radio.co.uk/Sec_Counter.pdf there are two >>> A-101 dekatrons to divide the frequency of 1 Hz into seconds. >>> each dekatron will pilot its own nixie tube to display the seconds. it's >>> via an MPSA42 transistor. one per used cathode. >>> the first decatron will increment the second dekatron each time the >>> cathode "K0" shines, to increment the tens. >>> >>> here we have a vacuum triode, but I want to replace it with a transistor >>> or perhaps a thyratron; it's a clock, not central heating... >>> how would you handle this? >>> >>> another question, what is x (marked: To other modules)? >>> >>> and while we're at it, can you just explain to me how the transition >>> from 59 to 00 works, via I think Q11 and Q17. but how? and why is G2@DEK2 >>> involved? >>> And also if there is (as I think) a small error on the DEK2 Bus, which >>> should be marked 6 and not 10, and the MPSA42 transistors should be >>> numbered from Q12 to Q17. >>> the compute module for the seconds and minutes being exactly the same, >>> we will stop there. >>> >>> P.S. If you think to have a better diagram, don't hesitate. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Benoit. >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7cbe69c3-611e-491b-9491-8f08f57f24f9n%40googlegroups.com.
