Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-05 Thread vfdclock
No need to place round as a circle on the proto board,you can place it liake square or other sharp,the leg is flexible,just be care of being short. For driving signel IV-11 tube as a module, check http://vfdclock.jimdo.com/. http://u.jimdo.com/www36/o/sb03fefd490221d21/img/i3cf583dfcc7c7895/1368

Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-04 Thread Gideon Wackers
Ok I'll see wether i can place them a bit higher as I was pushing them almost against the pcb. -- 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

Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-04 Thread Adam Jacobs
Yep, exactly. I can take a picture of how I place them, but basically it ends up being a sort of square or rectangle. I leave about a centimeter of lead above the protoboard so that the tube can be gently twisted the right way. -Adam On 12/4/2013 2:26 PM, David Forbes wrote: Gideon, The wir

Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-04 Thread David Forbes
Gideon, The wires are flexible. Don't worry about stressing the glass. On 12/4/2013 3:21 PM, Gideon Wackers wrote: I received my IV-11 tubes today and I was trying to put them on a board, a prototyping board. The best way to insert them (that I found) was the one in the attachment. But I notic