[neonixie-l] Re: HLK-PM01

2016-06-30 Thread 'rubli' via neonixie-l
thank you for all who responded, I am now more concerned that I was about to use a similar supply as Mike Harrison used for his nixie project, I guess I need something more "safe", I have seen several designs using a 555, but its supply wants more than 5 volts. has anybody used such designs usi

[neonixie-l] Re: Looking for Tubes!

2016-06-30 Thread mjrippe
Hi, Might have at least one B-50317, probably at least one LL-553 as well. I "specialized" in letter and symbol tubes for a short while. Will try to look this weekend. Mike On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 10:09:21 PM UTC-4, John Olivero wrote: > > Hello All, > > I am in the beginnings of a ve

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HLK-PM01

2016-06-30 Thread 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l
On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 4:57:12 AM UTC-7, Nick Sargeant wrote: > > I tend to use laptop power supplies to interface with my projects - They > usually kick out 19.5v at 4 or 5 amps. > Going on a tangent, this brings up something that happened to me a couple of years ago. I was at the TRW s

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Looking for Tubes!

2016-06-30 Thread Nick de Smith
I have 4 X 50317 NIB in stock - contact me off list if you are interested... Nick On 30 June 2016 14:38:51 GMT+01:00, John Olivero wrote: >I appreciate the info on the possible cathode contamination and will >take >that into consideration. The question I would have going forward would >be, >d

[neonixie-l] Re: Looking for Tubes!

2016-06-30 Thread John Olivero
After doing some digging I believe that was my assumption on the 50317 as well is that is was a custom one. Unfortunatley I didnt want to believe it. However I didnt get the link to where you had found that one. Could you resend it? Also thank you for the link on the 553's. As far as the clock

[neonixie-l] Re: Looking for Tubes!

2016-06-30 Thread John Olivero
I appreciate the info on the possible cathode contamination and will take that into consideration. The question I would have going forward would be, do the 5092's come with special characters? The reason I was looking at the 50317 was because it was the correct sizing I needed and it contained t

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HLK-PM01

2016-06-30 Thread Nick Sargeant
I tend to use laptop power supplies to interface with my projects - I am always picking up power supplies as laptops get replaced at work. They usually kick out 19.5v at 4 or 5 amps. I then design in a small switcher to bring that down to 5v for the using application, and put that on the board