Re: [neonixie-l] Lixies/Tixie Clock

2017-03-24 Thread Paul Andrews
What files/photos section? i.e. How do we access that? On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5:07:36 AM UTC-4, johnk wrote: > > Some of you might like what you see in the files/photos section of this > Google Group or the old Yahoo Group - pics of non-nixie displays and lots > of interesting stuff. > >

[neonixie-l] Constant current source design

2017-03-24 Thread Paul Andrews
I wanted to start a discussion about constant current sources (as opposed to sinks, because I want to provide a constant current to the anode regardless of which cathode is pulled to ground). I've found many articles on the web. Some for Nixie constant current sinks, some for LED constant curre

Re: [neonixie-l] Digest for neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 20 updates in 6 topics

2017-03-24 Thread 'westdave' via neonixie-l
6844 saga continues. "in the past I too quest for picoseconds "conan the barbarian" or was it westdave? i used 6 of the very pretty bullet shaped B6844 nos nib, i ran them at specs with a clock that ran with a 10mhz rubinium oscillator that could have been out of a US ICBM sold to

[neonixie-l] Re: FS: IV-4, IV-12, IV-17, IV-26

2017-03-24 Thread Yuriy Ovchinnikov
Actual list: Cathode ray tubes 3LO1I – 72 pcs. for $15, 6LO1I – 104 pcs., 8LO4I – 11 pcs., 8LO29I – 47 pcs. for $20, 8LO30I – 1 pc. for $100, 8LO39V – 20 pcs. for $20, 13LМ31V – 7 pcs., 13LO18V – 1 pc., 13LO37I – 1 pc., 16LO2V – 1 pc., 16LO2I – 1 pc., 18LМ5V – 1 pc. IV-1 – 39 pcs. for

Re: [neonixie-l] Beware! Don't use this type of B13B socket!

2017-03-24 Thread Tomasz Kowalczyk
It can be drilled larger, I've even done that before in a similar socket to fit a 5mm LED in there. But I didn't think that a B13B socket could be not compatible with tubes with the same base! Who would expect that to happen? I was going to give those sockets along with some Z560Ms to a friend,

Re: [neonixie-l] Beware! Don't use this type of B13B socket!

2017-03-24 Thread Instrument Resources of America
Any reason why that hole could not be drilled larger?? Ira. On 3/24/2017 11:30 AM, Tomasz Kowalczyk wrote: Or at least don't use them with tubes with "nipple" on bottom. I've just lost a Z560M I just finished regenerating... Now it is useful only for soldering pins to PCB. I think the picture

[neonixie-l] Re:

2017-03-24 Thread gregebert
I recall a similar device from Burroughs/Sperry, the DD700. It had BCD inputs and drove the segments. I found a pinout for an Ebay listing, and the DD700 also has programmable drive-strength. Perhaps a competitor device to the DS8880 ? Certainly work trying. Even a $10 Raspberry Pi has enough G

[neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 Burn-in

2017-03-24 Thread gregebert
IN-9's are 2-terminal devices, so they are not quite the same. However, there could be a similar mechanism that impairs their performance. My limited experience with IN-9's is that they can behave erratically, such as not fully illuminating at rated max-current (even at 2X, I only got about 80

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2017-03-24 Thread chuck richards
Was just checking http://www.bgmicro.com yesterday looking for a few various ics. Came across this interesting one they currently have for sale on their "Virtual Sidewalk Sale" portion of their website: It's the old National Semiconductor DS8880 high-voltage 7-segment decoder/driver ic. It's a 1

Re: [neonixie-l] Lixies/Tixie Clock

2017-03-24 Thread JohnK
Some of you might like what you see in the files/photos section of this Google Group or the old Yahoo Group - pics of non-nixie displays and lots of interesting stuff. John K - Original Message - From: Manuel Azevedo To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017

RE: [neonixie-l] Lixies/Tixie Clock

2017-03-24 Thread Manuel Azevedo
And of course Jürgen already experimented with them too… https://hackaday.com/2012/02/18/edge-lit-nixie-tube-is-sheer-brilliance/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, s

RE: [neonixie-l] Lixies/Tixie Clock

2017-03-24 Thread Manuel Azevedo
Looks like that “Lixies” already existed before: http://hackaday.com/2017/03/23/before-there-were-nixie-tubes-there-were-edge-lit-displays/ Edge Lit Displays – never knew about this. Still a cool idea and I want to explore it myself. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

[neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 Burn-in

2017-03-24 Thread Tomasz Kowalczyk
This is very interesting. Do you know (or does anybody know) if the same applies to IN-9? W dniu czwartek, 23 marca 2017 21:43:25 UTC+1 użytkownik Paul Andrews napisał: > > There is an article about IN-13 tubes here: > https://www.saltechips.com/lab/the-parasitic-current-leakage-mechanism-of-th