Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Help required on nixie power supply

2016-07-23 Thread gregebert
Gad to see you got it running. Be sure to stress it over a wide range of supply voltages & load-currents to ensure it's robust. I also recommend probing around with a scope to make sure other signals are clean. There are some good PCB-layout tips on the web for reducing noise. Many of them are

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Take a look at this....

2016-07-23 Thread A.J. Franzman
Another degradation path I've seen too many times for NdFeB (Neodymium "super magnets") is that they corrode and turn to powder, especially the cheap ones from the Far East. The problem seems to be that the protective plating applied is too thin to do any good. -- You received this message bec

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: These don't come up very often...

2016-07-23 Thread A.J. Franzman
On Friday, July 22, 2016 at 10:07:56 AM UTC-7, Alic wrote: > > after some testing I found that there still is another limitation : the > "shipping to" setting. > And for this setting there is no worldwide option. > This means that I can't see an article that only ships to USA and another > whic

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: These don't come up very often...

2016-07-23 Thread A.J. Franzman
There are tricks I've discovered that allow one to see items that don't ship to their country in ebay searches. One parameter that ebay fortunately currently does NOT check with respect to location restrictions, is your IP address. So, besides setting the "worldwide" radio button, other ways eba

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Help required on nixie power supply

2016-07-23 Thread ZY
Just an update. A 100pF cap over the resistor has indeed fixed the issue. > Noise on the FB pin is a common problem with poor layout, hence asking for > a look at it. > I thought my layout would be ok. Maybe I'll remove the ground-plane keepout under the inductor next time as I'm using a shie

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Take a look at this....

2016-07-23 Thread Instrument Resources of America
Physical shock will also do them in!! Ira. On 7/23/2016 3:10 PM, gregebert wrote: Permanent magnets will degrade (for lack of a better word) over time, and factors such as an opposing magnetic field will accelerate this. More details on physics forums, but it seems intuitive that external fa

[neonixie-l] Re: Take a look at this....

2016-07-23 Thread gregebert
Permanent magnets will degrade (for lack of a better word) over time, and factors such as an opposing magnetic field will accelerate this. More details on physics forums, but it seems intuitive that external factors can disrupt the alignment of atoms thereby reducing the magnetic field. I recal

[neonixie-l] Re: Take a look at this....

2016-07-23 Thread Dekatron42
Can anyone who has knowledge about magnets say what will happen to them over time, especially when they are near electromagnets transferring power, will they weaken and become unstable so the design will tilt or fall, and how long will it take to weaken the magnets? /Martin -- You received th