[neonixie-l] Re: Testing a 74141

2023-09-27 Thread Craig Garnett
Thanks Nick, I'll try that. Back in my day I mostly used 4000 CMOS, I didn't do much with TTL. On Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at 11:23:17 UTC+1 Nick Sargeant wrote: > I'd agree with the above. To make sure you are avoiding any indeterminate > states, pull all of the inputs up to +5v with a resi

[neonixie-l] Re: Testing a 74141

2023-09-27 Thread Nick Sargeant
I'd agree with the above. To make sure you are avoiding any indeterminate states, pull all of the inputs up to +5v with a resistor of about 2k2 to 4k7. Then, for the inputs you want low, jumper those inputs to ground. The pull-up resistors will mean you get a good solid '1' without the jumper,

[neonixie-l] Re: Testing a 74141

2023-09-27 Thread Craig Garnett
I tried those suggestions and nothing changed, there's around 4ma total through the LEDs now so it shouldn't be in meltdown mode. On Tuesday, 26 September 2023 at 17:45:06 UTC+1 Craig Garnett wrote: > Thanks, > I'll give those suggestions a go. > > On Tuesday, 26 September 2023 at 16:05:17 UTC+1