Re: [neonixie-l] About this type edge lit display.

2014-05-20 Thread JohnK
Morris, maybe try having an idle current in all the lamps - just at the filament starts glowing point [not visibly glowing]. Re LEDs, I noticed some small LED Xmas lights that had a bezel with an inverted cone - apex pointing at the LED. They spread light around 'differently'. John K. -

Re: [neonixie-l] About this type edge lit display.

2014-05-20 Thread Morris Odell
That's exactly what I've done. As the bulbs failed I saved them and managed to remove the innards while saving the base and not cutting my fingers in the process :-) A 5 mm LED fits in nicely. John K's suggestion about idling current is a good one, but it will involve a rebuild of the

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie tube clock ghosting issues

2014-05-20 Thread David Forbes
Hi, I think you have a timing issue. Your code turns on the anode and then changes the cathode. Try modifying each tubx() routine to turn on the cathode first, then delay one millisecond, then turn on the anode. On 5/20/14 5:43 AM, Cristinello wrote: Hello guys, I built a relatively

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie tube clock ghosting issues

2014-05-20 Thread 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l
Yes, alter your timing, as David suggested. But also, those 100K resistors across the bases and emitters, of those A92s can be made smaller. Say 10K. The junction, will keep the voltage below 0.7V, so most of the current will still flow thru those junctions. Those resistors' primary purpose is

Re: [neonixie-l] Digest for neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 17 updates in 2 topics

2014-05-20 Thread Smith John
You see I am a chinese,and I had a lot of NOT FAKE LM9022 made by NS all brand new in org pack,and as me experiance in driving VFD stuffs ,I only used this chip in one project,and I think this chip is too old for the current tech,by using only two mosfets and drived via a MCU tim can replace this

RE: [neonixie-l] About this type edge lit display.

2014-05-20 Thread Tidak Ada
John, That's called a 'bat-wing' named to the shape of the radiation diagram. You can get LED's with such a housing (Power LEDs in any case). eric _ From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of JohnK Sent: dinsdag 20 mei 2014 10:26 To: