Re: [neonixie-l] OT: overseas shipping / customs

2012-01-10 Thread Instrument Resources of America
Hello Tidak, Re; your comment Anyhow, I am wondering that American people, who are so opposite against tax payment, is so strict in this matter... It is one thing to be against taxes, and there are lots of reasons for that, it is an entirely different matter to take a chance on going to

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: overseas shipping / customs

2012-01-10 Thread Frank Bemelman
How does that work? Seems to me, the trouble (if any) is for the receiver. Can't imagine that Dutch customs is going to chase a Chinese seller by the name of Wu Ling, through the woods of Guadong Qing Qing. I once had a larger package sent to me, from China. Customs asked me proof of payment,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: hello from new guy

2012-01-10 Thread John Rehwinkel
Wait...what. That won't work. Needs an inverter or something. I have some flip-flops that needs a use. There are various ways to use a flip-flop to do this, depending on what kind of flip-flops you have. If you have the kind with Q and not-Q outputs, just wire each output to one of the

[neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread Ron Schuster
I'm using the same circuit but I have these resistor values: R1 = 33k, R2 = 220k , R3 = 2.2k. I don't remember where I got those values from originally. I'm sure I just copied them from someone else's schematic. I guess the exact values are not all that critical, but I just wondering if there is a

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: FS: Shameless Plug Time - Dekatron Spinner Kits

2012-01-10 Thread Tidak Ada
Hi Mike, The spinner kit arrived today. Thanks for quick dispatch. Quite complete kit, however I have to wait for the UF4007's and 1µF 400V capacitors that are ordered at Mouser by a friends in San Jose About the modification for the EZ10B rose me the question if the print is suitable for the

[neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread fixitsan
On Jan 10, 1:34 am, Imbanon imba.a...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know what's the difference :/ I meant 1ms (one millisecond or 1*10^-3 seconds). Hope that clears it. The difference was a factor of 1000 Your message implied that you were using 1us (1 microsecond = 1*10^-6) of wait time. But as

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread David Forbes
On 1/10/12 8:02 AM, Ron Schuster wrote: I'm using the same circuit but I have these resistor values: R1 = 33k, R2 = 220k , R3 = 2.2k. I don't remember where I got those values from originally. I'm sure I just copied them from someone else's schematic. I guess the exact values are not all that

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: hello from new guy

2012-01-10 Thread Adam Jacobs
This is called an astable oscillator by the way. -Adam On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:32 AM, John Rehwinkel jreh...@mac.com wrote: Wait...what. That won't work. Needs an inverter or something. I have some flip-flops that needs a use. There are various ways to use a flip-flop to do this,

[neonixie-l] Re: Z302C available

2012-01-10 Thread threeneurons
Of course there are many in this group, including myself, who would love to have one of those tubes. In all fairness, you should probably place them on eBay, and then issue a 'shameless plug' (FS:) here. If there any individuals that should get preference, I believe it would be those who have

[neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread threeneurons
Oh, and off topic; why do I keep getting an error while trying to post a message with a link incluced? That's why I had to chop it with spaces like that. I noticed everyone else posting normally with links, so am I doing something wrong? Google groups doesn't like Imageshack. I've noticed

[neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread Imbanon
Thank you all for your time. It is one of the socketed arduinos. Actually, this is my second one that was fried! As these chips aren't sold around here, I have to order them online. Ebay sellers from china happen to have the cheapest offers - got mine for $7 incl. shipping! The shipment usually

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread John Rehwinkel
It is one of the socketed arduinos. Actually, this is my second one that was fried! As these chips aren't sold around here, I have to order them online. Ebay sellers from china happen to have the cheapest offers - got mine for $7 incl. shipping! I used to get mine from Adafruit or Sparkfun:

[neonixie-l] Re: Hello!

2012-01-10 Thread Deviantgeek
Thanks! Anyways, is there a place to get nixie tubes, other than ebay? The prices are crazy there, and my budget doesn't allow that, due to my age. (I'm 12, got into electronics at 8 or 9.) (IN-18, B-7971, or B-7037) (Last 2 are super rare, but would be cool.) On Jan 10, 7:02 pm, John Rehwinkel

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Hello!

2012-01-10 Thread Adam Jacobs
If you set your sights a little lower, you'll find that there are still some affordable nixies out there. Do a search for IN-12. In my experience, although there are online stores that sell nixies, most of them are more expensive than ebay. Although with ebay comes a certain amount of risk, I

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread JohnK
Yeah I know about Siemens. Its just that I have this bad habbit writing ms as mS from college. You are actually the first ones to notice this and got confused, so I guess I should stop doing that. No confusion. Actually Chris was querying your micro- versus milli- second. No one was really

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Hello!

2012-01-10 Thread Michail1
By going to ebay, you are already at the cheapest place. Can't buy cheaper than the cheapest. You may get lucky in a second hand store, but you would have to be very lucky. Even old electronics store either don't exist, or they already know of ebay - many basing their prices on ebay

[neonixie-l] Re: Hello!

2012-01-10 Thread Deviantgeek
Yeah, built the vellleman kit (ZM1336, appears to be similar to the ZM1332. Nice tube, but small (13mm)) I found a source of NOS NL807 tubes for $20 each, compared to $250 for NOS IN-18 tubes. Might resort to those. (I can get the IN-18s, but no spares, for $240, I get 12 NL807s) On Jan 10, 9:12 

[neonixie-l] Re: hello from new guy

2012-01-10 Thread Thomas Kreschollek
I tried the circuit with the following values: R4=R3=22k ohm and R1=R2=220k ohm Q1=MPSA42 and Q2=MPSA92 HV= 180 VDC TP1=5 VDC Only half of it worked (one electrode lights). If I only use MPSA42 that part of the circuit works fine (made a test circuit with only the NE-2, a transistor and the

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Hello!

2012-01-10 Thread David Forbes
On 1/10/12 5:11 PM, Deviantgeek wrote: Thanks! Anyways, is there a place to get nixie tubes, other than ebay? The prices are crazy there, and my budget doesn't allow that, due to my age. (I'm 12, got into electronics at 8 or 9.) (IN-18, B-7971, or B-7037) (Last 2 are super rare, but would be

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: hello from new guy

2012-01-10 Thread David Forbes
On 1/10/12 8:26 PM, Thomas Kreschollek wrote: I tried the circuit with the following values: R4=R3=22k ohm and R1=R2=220k ohm Q1=MPSA42 and Q2=MPSA92 HV= 180 VDC TP1=5 VDC Only half of it worked (one electrode lights). If I only use MPSA42 that part of the circuit works fine (made a test

[neonixie-l] Preferred language, and a good place to start.

2012-01-10 Thread Mimewar
I'm pretty familiar with BASIC, and I know it has it's limitations. I know C is VERY popular, and very useful as well. For the programmers in here, as far as microcontrollers go, what language do you prefer, and can you suggest a good way to start learning said language? Thanks Shane -- You

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: hello from new guy

2012-01-10 Thread John Rehwinkel
I tried the circuit with the following values: R4=R3=22k ohm and R1=R2=220k ohm Q1=MPSA42 and Q2=MPSA92 HV= 180 VDC TP1=5 VDC Only half of it worked (one electrode lights). If I only use MPSA42 that part of the circuit works fine (made a test circuit with only the NE-2, a transistor and

Re: [neonixie-l] Preferred language, and a good place to start.

2012-01-10 Thread John Rehwinkel
I'm pretty familiar with BASIC, and I know it has it's limitations. I know C is VERY popular, and very useful as well. For the programmers in here, as far as microcontrollers go, what language do you prefer, and can you suggest a good way to start learning said language? From a capability