[neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread Tony P
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BRu7Z58U1tU/UeVkJbX9LaI/AAs/Bd2kWFKvTX4/s1600/1363+always+on.jpg Hello all and greetings from a new member and first time poster,I'm trying to figure out how to use these little 1363 smps from taylor electronic,I've tried using it in this

Re: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread John Rehwinkel
Hello all and greetings from a new member and first time poster,I'm trying to figure out how to use these little 1363 smps from taylor electronic,I've tried using it in this configuration always on,I'm using a 9vdc 1000ma wallwart and have the +(plus) wire going to Vn and enable and the

Re: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread yendor3
I haven't use the smps but noticed that the spec sheet says that a floating Enable can destroy the module. Have you had power ON and no connections to the Enable? Safer to wire it to a pot? Are you supplying smooth DC to it?   john k  - Original Message

Re: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread JohnK
So much for using webmail [I don't see quoted text]... I went off to look at the data after reading Tony's post and the reply went to John R's post ; he already said the main thing - DC. Try a battery? And maybe just a resistor from enable to rail I should have said. Have you made a

Re: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread anthony prater
hi john,I have enable tied with Vn,I've tried a few different power sources but still no luck with this thing,I don't get it On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM, yend...@internode.on.net wrote: I haven't use the smps but noticed that the spec sheet says that a floating Enable can destroy the

Re: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread anthony prater
I will try that now On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:29 PM, JohnK yend...@internode.on.net wrote: ** So much for using webmail [I don't see quoted text]... I went off to look at the data after reading Tony's post and the reply went to John R's post ; he already said the main thing - DC. Try a

[neonixie-l] Re: Micro Nixie Controller board

2013-07-16 Thread M.J.Sangster
Quick update on the universal clock PCB, MicroBoard1: 1. Received the proto board, successfully built the board. 2. Tested power supply, working with 180v @ 11mA, 83% efficient. 3. Micro was successfully programmed. (tested program connection and power to micro). 4. Prelim software complete (6

RE: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread Tidak Ada
Did you use the electrolytic capacitor that was delivered with the unit and did you mount it as close as possible to the input connections? Did you check the dc from the wall wart with an oscilloscope under load conditions? Is that clean? _ From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com

Re: [neonixie-l] Help needed with taylor 1363 smps

2013-07-16 Thread anthony prater
.whew,john taylor has got me out of the woods on this one,I had the pinout backwards,its rather confusing but problem solved(although I did render one unit garbage)I guess $13 isn't to bad a price to pay for learning the hard way On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Tony P

[neonixie-l] Using 60Hz line-frequency (US) for your nixie clock

2013-07-16 Thread gregeb...@hotmail.com
If any of you are designing your own nixie clock, and cant decide if you should use an internal crystal oscillator or the AC line, you might be surprised at the long-term accuracy of your electricity provider. My homebrew 6-tube nixie clock uses the 60Hz line-frequency for counting, and it's

[neonixie-l] Re: Using 60Hz line-frequency (US) for your nixie clock

2013-07-16 Thread Terry S
I'd like to build a 4 digit clock, fed the time from a cell phone. Phones without SIM cards still seem to get time from the network. I know next to nothing about cell phones -- is there a way to read the time string from a cell phones data port? Terry On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 7:00:33 PM