RE: [neonixie-l] Re: 7 Segment Common Anode Display

2019-11-04 Thread Christine Thompson
Hi David, WOW! thanks, I will review it fully and get the parts purchased asap. I will bread board the circuit. The 8 x 7 segment displays have been wired up in multiplex format and I have written the software, based on my use of a Wemos D1 R2 board, all that I have to do is write an

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 7 Segment Common Anode Display

2019-11-04 Thread David Forbes
There is no reason to use a fancy Maxim chip for an LED display. Two 74HC595 SPI shift registers and two 74AC245 octal buffer chips will do the job. One for the anodes, one for the cathodes. On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 3:41 PM gregebert wrote: > The Maxim part you mentioned is for VFD's, and it looks

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Clocks! Picture sharing....

2019-11-04 Thread Paul Andrews
That’s a lot of clocks in a short time! I particularly like the third and seventh clocks. > On Nov 4, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Christine Thompson > wrote: > >  >> Hi, > I started building Nixie based clocks about a year ago and have completed 7 > since with an 8th work in progress. The first

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Clocks! Picture sharing....

2019-11-04 Thread Nicholas Stock
Well done Christine, you certainly grabbed the bull by both hornsreally nice clocks! Thanks for sharing. Nick On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 3:26 PM Christine Thompson < christine.thompson...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, >> > I started building Nixie based clocks about a year ago and have completed > 7

[neonixie-l] Re: 7 Segment Common Anode Display

2019-11-04 Thread gregebert
The Maxim part you mentioned is for VFD's, and it looks like it can run as low as 8V. If you use it to drive the anode of your LEDs, you run the risk of exposing the logic driving the cathodes (segments) to roughly 6 volts (the LED has about 2V of forward bias). If the Arduino has 5V-tolerant

[neonixie-l] 7 Segment Common Anode Display

2019-11-04 Thread Christine Thompson
Hi, I am sure the group can help with this simple question. I am building a clock using 8 x 7 Segment Common Anode displays. The display uses a MAX6921AWI display driver chip and multiplexing to drive the displays. The problem is that the above chip has a minimum output of 8V, however the 7

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Homebrew high voltage nixie power supply

2019-11-04 Thread Kevin A.
So now the true reason for the delay reveals itself! Again, sorry for that; a customs check just seems to be the luck of the draw. On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 10:11 AM Richard Scales wrote: > Hello, yes, I just got the same notifications and now Parcelforce in the > UK seem to be accepting ownership!

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Homebrew high voltage nixie power supply

2019-11-04 Thread Richard Scales
Hello, yes, I just got the same notifications and now Parcelforce in the UK seem to be accepting ownership! My friend in HK is very pleased with his and has been sending me pictures of it all afternoon which has been fairly depressing - until now! Lets see how long it takes Parcelforce to work

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Homebrew high voltage nixie power supply

2019-11-04 Thread Kevin A.
Richard, Good news, looks like there was a new scan today. Package should be on it's way! On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 10:25 AM Richard Scales wrote: > All understood, thank you for your help. > > Sent from my Huawei phone > > > Original Message > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re:

[neonixie-l] Re: WordClock-2 with 2.3" displays

2019-11-04 Thread Mitch
Very nice! Switching to the ESP32 was frustrating, but well worth the trouble. I just use the ESP32 DevKit C and Pico. Can't beat it for $10, and it has built in USB. I designed my own clone of the DevKit C to play around with reflow, but the parts cost was around $14 so not a good value

[neonixie-l] For sale, Nixie B7971.....NOT MY AD....

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