[neonixie-l] Re: PV Electronics R568 Clock Project With Black R|Z568M Nixie Tubes

[Edward Van Belkom]

> Well I think I figured out how to do my colon tubes
>

With the PV kit I have two small round PCB boards with a RGB LED soldered 
in the middle of it. It has 8 pins that 4 are used by the  RGB LED.

I got some 1/16" brass tubing and with a #60 drill I was able to open up 
the hole to fit one of the pins perfectly.

Now with some clear heat shrink I can solder two short tubes on front pins 
and two longer ones one the back pins.

Since the spacing is wide enough between the two tubes. I can insert the 
neon bulb and twist the wire leads so the bulb is 90 degrees to the tubes. 
Then I can push the bulbs back so they will fit inside the glass covers 
that Dalibor is making.

This is a modification that Michael does with his designs but it will fit 
the PCB board's that PV electronics supplies with their kit. The bulb will 
also fit at a 90 degree angle to the glass covers Dalibor is making. Not as 
nice as the colon tubes Dalibor will be making but a good compromise. His 
are 3 pin and mine are 8 so not a quick swap.

This way if a bulb fails I can unplug the colon tube from the main PCB 
board. Then I can lift the base and glass cover from the PCB board that is 
plugged in the main PCB board as it is just a snug fit.. Then just unsolder 
the bulb from the top of the two brass tubes clip the leads on the new one 
and solder it on the two brass tubes. slip the glass cover and base back on 
the PCB board with the brass tubes and bulbs and plug it back in the 8 pin 
socket on the main PCB board.

I hope that makes sense.

It is the marriage of three designs to make it work for this particular 
application.

One reason for the PV kit is I can replace any part on the board if it 
fails. And the satisfaction of building the kit myself.

Any thoughts?


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[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clocks at 100%Design Exhibition - London Olympia

[Edward Van Belkom]

Good luck Paul! I hope you do well.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Eagle is now subscription-based

[gregebert]

Hooray! Another gEDA enthusiast.

I've done several boards with gschem + pcb,; no problems. At this point I 
dont see any need to switch.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Eagle is now subscription-based

[Joe Croft]

I myself like PCB from the GEDA collection. I uae gschem as well. I like
doing my own placement and quite often create much of the pc board before
the schematic, but that is just how I roll ;)

-joe

On Aug 18, 2017 11:29, "Robert L"  wrote:


An example of support for the KiCAD community:

https://home.cern/about/updates/2015/02/kicad-software-gets-cern-treatment


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[neonixie-l] Re: The number of the beast tube

[gregebert]

About 100 years ago, there was a batch of 100 misprinted postage stamps in 
the US (the 'inverted Jenny'). The few that still exist have sold for 
unbelievable prices; recently one went for over $1 million.

Somehow, I dont see nixie freaks-of-nature hitting that price, but I'm sure 
there is someone out there who simply has to have it.

It would look interesting to rapidly cycle the cathodes in various patterns.

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[neonixie-l] Re: The number of the beast tube

[Terry S]

Awesome!

On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 3:27:35 PM UTC-5, Paul Andrews wrote:
>
> There is this on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/222617052467 

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[neonixie-l] The number of the beast tube

[Paul Andrews]

There is this on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/222617052467 

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[neonixie-l] Re: OT: Eagle is now subscription-based

[Robert L]

An example of support for the KiCAD community:

https://home.cern/about/updates/2015/02/kicad-software-gets-cern-treatment


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[neonixie-l] Re: OT: Eagle is now subscription-based

[Robert L]

One more happy KiCAD user... more than ample for my hobby scale projects of 
no more than a few sheets. Learning curve was not steep and have been happy 
with both schematic capture and layout.

Using heavier weight commercial tools at work... prefer KiCAD for most 
everything I'm doing. Especially like the licensing terms with KiCAD.

B

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[neonixie-l] Re: OT: Lateral thinking: Cheap SMT reflow oven...

[Robert L]

Another ControlLeo user here. Have built two of them... one for home use, 
one on a bench at work.

Achieving excellent results with only a small sensitivity to placement of 
the temp sense thermistor. I use lead free paste for reflow, leaded solder 
for re-work.

Toying with upgrading my controller to the model 3, but not a compelling 
reason to do so. As I said, getting fine results with the rev 2 controller 
and a stock profile. The money saved will offset the cost of the ultrafine 
Metcal wands and tips I recently added :-)

B

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[neonixie-l] Nixie Clocks at 100%Design Exhibition - London Olympia

[Paul Andrews]

For a while there I was thinking I still lived in London - I jumped ship to the 
U.S. a while ago.

Good luck with the exhibition, I would have loved to have come.

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[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clocks at 100%Design Exhibition - London Olympia

[Roddy Scott]

>
> Good luck for when the exhibition starts, Paul.
>
 
I am sure that it will be a success for you and get you some more well 
deserved recognition for your creations. It is an opportunity to spread the 
word about Nixie Clocks, just as long as every Tom, Dick or Harry doesn't 
start making their own otherwise the price of tubes will sky rocket!
Are you going to introduce Wilson to the public there or is he stage shy?

Won't be long until you make your first million!

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[neonixie-l] Nixie Clocks at 100%Design Exhibition - London Olympia

[Paul Parry]

Hi All,

As I have decided to pursue Nixie clock making as a career path, I have 
decided to show some at a Design Exhibition in London - 20th -23rd 
September.
If anyone is able, or wants to pop along to have a look, here's a link for 
a free pass:

https://registration.n200.com/survey/02waekz809l07?actioncode=NTWO000286ALA=29yngsm0eqn7j

Never done a show before, so don't quite know what to expect. It will 
hopefully raise the profile of these gorgeous tubes to the masses a bit 
more if nothing else!

Cheers,
Paul

Bad Dog Designs


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