[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube Schematic Review

2016-03-30 Thread Asstroman
Hello Jonathan, I may eventually end up using a fixed voltage regulator but the reason I have an LM317 in this schematic is that I already have these and necessary resistors so it was mainly just to keep cost down. And that's an excellent point about multiplexing that I hadn't really though

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread Tidak Ada
Had years ago a comparable experience from Netherlands to Sacramento (CA): Posted two equal boxes with tubes. One arrived two days later J, the other over two months…. L !!! eric Van: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] Namens Dekatron42 Verzonden: woensdag

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread 'Grahame' via neonixie-l
I sent a package from the UK to NM, USA. Posted on the 21st March in the Highlands, arrived Los Angeles on the 23rd, so far so good... It hasn't moved since. Grahame -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread Dekatron42
We have had the same situation here in Sweden for the last three months, most foreign packages from Russia, China and even the US get stuck in customs but pass without problem after a month or so, but strangely some packages fly through customs in under a weeks time even though they come from

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread 'jf...@my-deja.com' via neonixie-l
I am not sure who is to blame, but after almost two months, I am still waiting for some 13-pin dekatron sockets being sent from Russia. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

RE: [neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread Dan Hollis
Theft by US customs employees is more common than you'd think. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/127-border-patrol-and-customs-workers-arrested-corruption -Dan On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, Jeff Walton wrote: I live in the Midwest US and my items typically go through Chicago for customs clearance. In

RE: [neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread Jeff Walton
I live in the Midwest US and my items typically go through Chicago for customs clearance. In the past 6 months, most items seem to take at least 10 days from the time that the tracking shows them arriving in Chicago until they are released for final delivery, which typically takes 1 or two

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread gregebert
Maybe it's a regional issue; I'm in Oregon so the bulk of my purchases overseas are cleared thru San Francisco, and that usually takes 1 day (my most-recent purchase arrived in customs last Friday, and I received it Monday morning). I buy small & light items, so they are sent via air freight.

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread Michail1 via neonixie-l
I am in Seattle. I have not had a problem. I get about 1 package a day as I have a bad habit of buying far more items than I will ever have time for the projects they are intended for. In fact, I have been very lucky in that I am getting items even faster than expected - stuff I haven't

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread Nicholas Stock
I'm finding the same problem at the momentsome small plastic spacers from China sitting in US Customs for 10 days nowno updated tracking On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 9:07 AM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > In the past, I had been complaining of the

[neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays

2016-03-30 Thread 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l
In the past, I had been complaining of the German Customs Service for holding and delaying delivery of parcels. Well, its seems, lately, that the US Customs Service has adopted the same bad habit. In the last couple of months, parcels coming my way, from outside the US, have been held at a

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube Schematic Review

2016-03-30 Thread Jonathan F.
What parts do you intend to use for the power supply? If you want to save parts, use a 7805 regulator for the 5V, you don't need R1, R2,PC2 then. About Multiplexing, if you have a 1:6 Multiplex, then every tube is only one sixth of the time on, resulting in lower brightness. A IN-18 is

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Electroluminescent displays (I-195)

2016-03-30 Thread gregebert
My only experience with STL generation is with OpenSCAD; creating a model for the I-195 would be difficult because the shapes are so odd. On the other hand, making the model for a 7x9 matrix for NE-2 bulbs would be pretty simple and could be done in a few minutes. I'm going to wait until I get