[neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread will
That doesn't change the pitch to .1, unfortunately. All of the true DIP adapters seem to cost around $20 or more. On Feb 22, 10:21 am, Adam Jacobs a...@jacobs.us wrote: 62 cents? http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/3M-Electronic-Solutions-Division/... On 2/21/2011 10:13 PM, will wrote:

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread Adam Jacobs
Trust me, I've used these sockets. It is a through-hole component suitable for vectorboard. I don't know how it will work on breadboard, but vectorboard (.1) is fine. -Adam On 2/22/2011 8:31 AM, will wrote: That doesn't change the pitch to .1, unfortunately. All of the true DIP adapters seem

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread Adam Jacobs
Oops (red face of shame)... I accidentally linked the .05 pitch version, you're right. Here is the .1 version (63cents): http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ADAM-TECH/PLCC-28-AT-SMT/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMs%2fSh%2fkjph1tvt1%2fmEPT%2fXom%252bJvDjmkkq8%3d On 2/22/2011 8:44 AM, Adam Jacobs wrote: Trust

[neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread will
Ahh, I see. Very nice. How long did it take you to receive your supertex sample units? On Feb 22, 10:44 am, Adam Jacobs a...@jacobs.us wrote: Trust me, I've used these sockets. It is a through-hole component suitable for vectorboard. I don't know how it will work on breadboard, but

[neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread threeneurons
Trust me, I've used these sockets. It is a through-hole component suitable for vectorboard. Here's a technical drawing of one: http://portal.fciconnect.com/Comergent//fci/drawing/54020.pdf Plug your PLCC in the top of the socket, and insert the socket in the a 0.1 pitch grid of holes. I

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread Adam Jacobs
To be honest, I have no idea how long they took to arrive.. I sampled those more than a year ago. However, most samples seem to arrive in the 1-2 weeks timeframe.. As I mentioned earlier, if the IC you're wanting to use is not available in PLCC or DIP, you can still pick up one of the nifty

[neonixie-l] Re: Modern Nixie tube drivers

2011-02-22 Thread will
I hear that... Even if I could drum up the spare cash to drop on all the chemicals, board, equipment, etc. that I would need to start printing PCBs, I would probably lack the time and the attention span to get it done (at least without sacrificing something else I'm already doing). I wish I had a

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-22 Thread Rick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2011 8:52 AM, Adam Jacobs wrote: Oops (red face of shame)... I accidentally linked the .05 pitch version, you're right. Here is the .1 version (63cents):

[neonixie-l] Re: Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-22 Thread will
I was talking to a guy who worked at Stanford a while back, and he showed me that he had countless PLCC adapters he had planned to use for classes that used FPGAs (I guess the students soldered the boards or something?), but they were just sitting around because they got a grant for a bunch of

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-22 Thread JohnK
Ball Grid Arrays don't have to be useless for home . If time isn't an issue and money is or it is just some fun,,, [or it is only avail BGA etc] just flip the pack and glue it down. Treat it like COB [chip-on-board] and wire each dot with solder-thru enammeled copper wire. Mount on vector or