Re: [neonixie-l] Urwerk SpaceTime Blade clock

As my dad would say... Cheap at twice the price! -joe On Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 3:52 AM Robert wrote: > > https://www.ablogtowatch.com/new-release-urwerk-spacetime-blade-nixie-tube-clock/ > > > Rob > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" grou

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting multimeter from early 1970s

Wow, that is so pretty! I love older hardware like that! -joe On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 4:23 AM Tomislav Cordazzo wrote: > Iskra Digimer 1 was produced by Yugoslavian factory Iskra. > This blog shows teardown and successful repair. Owner has two two of them, > first one with unstable readout

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon Goodness

Could be cheap over voltage protection as well -joe On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 3:31 PM Moses wrote: > Most NE-2 bulbs are a perfect indicator for the 90v ring voltage. > > On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 1:14:10 PM UTC-7 Mac Doktor wrote: > >> >> On May 21, 2023, at 4:01 PM, martin martin wrote: >> >>

[neonixie-l] Only slightly off topic esp32-s3

Hi Yall, Have yall checked out the BPI-Leaf-S3 from bananapi folks? This is a nice SBC with lots of io pins as well as 8MB of flash and 2MB od PSRAM. I am in the process of changing my NixieStat-ESP Thermostat

Re: [neonixie-l] Need advice on a new scope...

My Siglent 1202X-E is a real nice scope for a digital scope. 200Mhz, 2 channels. -joe On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:44 PM martin martin wrote: > My Tek 2236 is nearly 30 moons old and no longer stays on for more than a > few minutes. I am sure it's fixable, but on the other hand maybe time for >

Re: [neonixie-l] Expensive?

I'll show my age with this, but look at those pretty metal T0-5 transistors! It's sad we now have ugly plastic packages such as the TO-92. -joe On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 4:36 AM Robert wrote: > Not my listing > > [image: s-l400.jpg] > > RARE Pair of Vintage Burroughs B-7971 B7971 Nixie Tubes w/ L

Re: [neonixie-l] My attempt to build a IN-13 vu-meter

023 at 7:42:28 pm UTC+8 iavine wrote: > >> Very nice. >> >> IanV >> >> On 2 Feb 2023, at 11:12, Joe Croft wrote: >> >>  >> >> Hi Oliver, >> >> Very good job. Very pretty device! I love the brass work! Did you do the >> bra

Re: [neonixie-l] My attempt to build a IN-13 vu-meter

Hi Oliver, Very good job. Very pretty device! I love the brass work! Did you do the brass work yourself? If so, what did you use for cutting and etching? Analogue rules! (says the SW guy) -joe On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 11:55 PM Olivier wrote: > Hello, > > Over a year ago I found some picture of

Re: [neonixie-l] FS: Working Heath Nixie DMM IM1202

I suspect there were others who sent private messages who were way faster than either of us. With that said, if I am wrong John, please get a hold of me to work out payment and address :) -joe On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 6:10 AM SD wrote: > Darn too slow Congratulations joenixie. > > On Wednesda

Re: [neonixie-l] FS: Working Heath Nixie DMM IM1202

I'll take it! On Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 11:40 AM John wrote: > I have for sale a working NIXIE readout Heathkit IM1202 in quite nice > condition. It works but comes with no probes (they're just banana jacks). > > I will pack and ship it carefully to your US address for $39, paypal. > > First "I'll ta

Re: [neonixie-l] It Lives!!!!

I am using DS18B20 sensors. If I remember correctly, I end up converting them to F. -joe On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 3:53 PM Mac Doktor wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2022, at 4:12 PM, Joe Croft wrote: > > Finally, > > I have pictures of my NixieStat thermostat in its case! > > >

[neonixie-l] Just how smart is google groups.

Hi All, This is just a test. Being lazy, I sent an email to the group as a reply to the last post and changing the subject line, but it looks like Google groups grouped it to the original conversation. That or I don't know how to browse the list on google. Either way, it is obviously smarter than

Re: [neonixie-l] Corvair instrument panel is lit up

Nice display David. I can't wait to see the finished version. -joe On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 16:33 -0700, David Forbes wrote: > A few months ago, I designed a Nixie instrument panel for my Corvair. > I got it almost all built, then some telescope projects stole my > brain. I finally finished those p

Re: [neonixie-l] It lives again. Pic No. 1

How I love point to point wiring! PCBs can never replace the beauty of equipment like that! -joe On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 18:14 -0700, Instrument Resources of America wrote: > For those of you who asked. Pic No 1 of the 'hand wired underside of the > Beckman 7360 EPUT meter'. For the younger folks

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-13 tubes

Very impressive Paul. I especially like the use of analog filters, seems so much more in place with nixie tubes. A lot of pain to set up and keep calibrated, but for the sake of art, it was a good desision! -joe On Fri, 2021-06-25 at 01:10 -0700, Paul Parry wrote: > Hi Alex, > > The electronics

Re: [neonixie-l] Today's Catch!

Nice Catch! Makes me wish I wasn't a hermit ;) -joe On Sun, 2021-06-20 at 16:36 -0700, martin martin wrote: > Hello all, > I helped a friend clean out his garage today. Some of these items have been > stored for more than 30 years!The Eldorado counter is still right on the > money. * And, I have

Re: [neonixie-l] Prices, seriously?

Sadly, gone are the days when the common folk could go out and obtain/make an affordable clock or other device. It is becoming a hobby for the well to do :(. It was fun while it lasted. -joe On Fri, 2021-06-11 at 12:39 -0700, Bill Notfaded wrote: > 55$ for an IN-14... geesh! It's fine grid but

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: ebay DIY clock

Looks very nice. If I didn't have other irons already in the fire, I would consider buying one. I suspect it will be painful to build. With that said, and not being able to download the PDF (it wanted to download and install acrobat), The schematic seems complete enough you could build it from t

Re: [neonixie-l] nixie clock using trigger tubes

Nice clock Pieter! I like your Skeletal' layout. I always liked making wire circuits :) I designed and have a couple of NE-2 ring counter clocks and yes, every so often, I get to change out a ring to keep the clock running. No fun at all! -joe On Thu, 2020-12-24 at 10:13 -0800, Pieter-Tjerk de Boe

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon Pixels!

t the > bulk of the light comes out of its bottom wire end and not the top so > some thought would be needed to make an effective clock. > > All good fun > > Grahame > > On 24/07/2020 19:58, Joe Croft wrote: > > > > Hi Nick, > > > > I thought I

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon Pixels!

istian Elzey wrote: > > > >  > > Yo there's a Nixie version of that that's tempting for sure > > > >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 10:13 AM martin martin wrote: > >> Reminds me of this project > >> https://makezine.com/2008/06/18/transisto

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon Pixels!

Nick, I like it! What is the final target for this, going by the counts of bulbs in the rings (8 & 12) it doesn't seem to be a clock. Unless it's from Mars ;) Not to make this a pissing match, I know there are even prettier and more complex, ring counter clocks and not to mention it's yes

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon Pixels!

Very pretty, but what a glutton for punishment! On Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:13:13 PM CDT martin martin wrote: > Thought the group would like this article > > https://hackaday.io/project/173636-neon-pixels > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [neonixie-l] New soldering station recommendations...

I don't know if they are the best, but I have been very pleased with my Aoyue soldering stations -joe On Sunday, May 31, 2020 12:25:35 PM CDT martin martin wrote: > There I was building yet another Nixie clock from pvelectronics when my 35 > year old Weller soldering station burned up.Of course

Re: [neonixie-l] Has anyone had any experiance with the Microchip HV5630 drivers?

Hi John, Aye. I was looking the 8 channel push pull brother of this and it was 5 volt logic, sigh... I thought it was tooo easy, but maybe it won't be so bad, i's just a few leads needing shifted. Thanks! Joe On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 7:47:55 AM CDT 'John Rehwinkel' via neonixie

[neonixie-l] Has anyone had any experiance with the Microchip HV5630 drivers?

Hi Yall, I was digging around mouse for serial to parallel converters when I ran across these Microchip drivers HV5630 @ https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/268/20005855A-1512677.pdf. With two of these you could drive 6 digits without polling and have 4 extra lines left over for ne-2 lamps.

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

Great Video, I guess some days one does get what they ask for. Interesting. I never thought about what happens when you turned off the voltage. I always assumed the glow tracked with the current. I was surprised to see how long the electrons kept their extra energy befor releasing it and giving

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

Hi Dalibor, Forgive me for reading to much into it. I guess it's from reading the 'Hardy Boys' as a kid, not to mention the time of year it is. Also, who would need an "Uncertainty Drive" beside mad politicians and NASA? It would be nice to see it lit up. I can only imagine it is even prettier

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

That's good! I missed that. Would've nice to see it lit up! That or Dalibor needs to fine tune his timing ;) -joe -joe On Monday, March 30, 2020 4:29:48 PM CDT Jon Jackson wrote: > It was posted on the Nixie Facebook feed... > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:14 PM Joe Croft

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

Jon, Hm. It looks real nice, but with the "Uncertainty" meter, I can't help but think of the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy which them makes me think the video was release 2 days earlier. I hope that you didn't spoil the fun for Dalibor. -joe On Monday, March 30, 2020 2:03:07 PM CDT

Re: [neonixie-l] Recent catch at Apex Electronics Surplus

Must be nice! We have american science and surplus here in the chicago area, but it doesn't look as exciting as apex! -joe On Sunday, March 8, 2020, martin martin wrote: > Everything works too! > > No it's time to find them a purpose > > > -- > You received this message because you are subsc

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie sighting

The first computer I ever got to 'play' with was a PDP8/E in high school. 3 teletypes and a dec writer for terminals. I loved the smell of paper tape in the morning! -joe On Monday, December 30, 2019 12:25:58 PM CST Nick wrote: > Ooh. At 20:21 there's what looks suspiciously like a DEC PDP 8/E

Re: [neonixie-l] Glow discharge book scans available for free download

Thank you for the Christmas present Tom. I'll have to snag copies for myself. -joe On Wednesday, December 25, 2019, tom wrote: > I have uploaded some glow discharge books to Google Drive. They are > available for free download. See links below. > > There are also some glow discharge books avai

Re: [neonixie-l] Happy Holidays/Merry Xmas/Happy Hannukah

Merry Christmas and happy Neon Holicays to all! -joe On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 7:34:05 PM CST Dylan Distasio wrote: > Same to all! > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 8:15 PM Nicholas Stock wrote: > > > Wishing you all Merry Xmas* and a Happy New Year!! > > > > Cheers, > > > > (Pharma) Nick > > > >

Re: [neonixie-l] Argon Piranha

Mouser.com or allied.com. Their new number is A9A. Allied.com has the better price in quantity. -joe On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Paul Andrews wrote: > Where can you get the NE-2 style lamps? I can't even google them! > > On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 10:24:14 AM UTC-5, jrehwin wrote: >

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStar is in Nuts and Volts

; Do you have a small video of the running clock? > > > > ~ > *mcvei...@gmail.com * > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 4:27 AM Joe Croft wrote: > > > Hi Yall, > > > > This is just another shameless plug, but at least not the Ebay sort. > >

[neonixie-l] NixieStar is in Nuts and Volts

Hi Yall, This is just another shameless plug, but at least not the Ebay sort. You can find an article for my NixieStar clock in the Nuts and Volts newsletter here: https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/build-the-nixiestar-clock?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=80661049&_hsen

Re: [neonixie-l] Monroe 620 Nixie Calculator

Very pretty!!! I'm suffering from great nixie envy now! -joe On Saturday, November 23, 2019 7:40:45 AM CST Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: > Been lookin for one of these on Ebay in my searches for more than a year > now - had to snag it when it came up. Looks great, and well maintained too > > -- Y

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9 problem

To solve the glow starting from the center or top of the tube, i never turn the tube fully off. I will turn it on full then ramp the current down until a small segment is still lit. This helped make them much more reliable. -joe On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, gregebert wrote: > I did limited expe

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Current kits ?

Thank you! For the nixieneon, I only have the 2 digit version. -joe On Sunday, June 9, 2019, martin martin wrote: > Those are very cool clocks! Do you offer a 4 or 6 digit model? > > > > ~ > *mcvei...@gmail.com * > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 6:18 AM Joe Croft w

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Current kits ?

Forgive me for the shamless plug, but. if you want a glock that does not use digits, you can consider http://www.nixieneon.com/ and check out the Nixie Star. The NixieNeon is nice as well, though a lot harder to build. -joe On Saturday, June 8, 2019 12:27:01 PM CDT Jim KO5V wrote: > One more th

Re: [neonixie-l] Tube database?

Dreamhost is a great place, I have used them for years. They have a lot of options for building web sites. As for databases I'll take them in the order od Postgresql, Mysql or if I don't need the power of a server (90% case) sqlite (www.sqlite3.org). The latter is very easy to use from within pe

Re: [neonixie-l] Nuts and Volts...magazine

I do, They are, but they were late with their last issue, i t went out in January if I remember correctly. I am beginning to wonder if they are going to survive. -joe On Thursday, February 14, 2019 2:59:51 PM CST 'orange_glow_fan' via neonixie-l wrote: > Does anyone subscribe to this magazine

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9 problem

Give them 6 to 12 hours. This is what I have learned over time. In-13s are more reliable at this than in-9s. On my kits I fing I get a 25% loss. -joe On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 11:23 AM Jon > Are you sure your current regulator circuit is capable of being set to > sink >10mA? You should be able to te

Re: [neonixie-l] old fashioned pcb

Nice board, thugh I guess I must be getting old. When I read the description I was thinking a single sided, no silk screen, brown phenolic board with 1/4 wat restors standing vertical. Thank God I am not so old that the board in my mind didn't have transistors. -joe On Wednesday, September 26

Re: [neonixie-l] Welcome & please introduce yourself!

Hi Yall, Welcome to the list of of the new folks who are lurking or not. I hope yall get as much satisfaction from it as I do! I'm Joe Croft, I post some on this list but am not super active. I am a S/W enginerr by day and a small electronics hobbyist, clock collector and nixie nut by

Re: [neonixie-l] My B-6091 Nixie clock

Very nice Thomas! -joe On Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:26:46 PM CDT Thomas Kummer wrote: > -- 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, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr..

[neonixie-l] Nixie Star Clock on Ebay

Hi Yall, I hope yall will forgive me for the shamelss plug. I just listed one of my Nixie Star Clocks on ebay, fully assembled with a hand painted face. I am slowly working to get this in kit form, but I am still working on that. You can view it at: https://www.ebay.com/itm/302815075498?ssPag

Re: [neonixie-l] Anyone selling in-13 bar tubes

HI Andy, I got mine for just under 7.00 on ebay. -joe On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 3:23:23 AM CDT Дмитрий Шевченко wrote: > This is rarest tube. Available some ten's pcs. > 8$/pc + delivery costs from Russia. > > 2018-07-03 11:16 GMT+03:00 MrThe50sanchez : > > I dont really Know which one´s are IN-

Re: [neonixie-l] Comercial posts

My vote is no! There are very few of them and many of them are interesting. If someone abuses the priviledge, then maybe they should be restricted, but not the group as a whole. -joe On May 16, 2018 8:41 AM, "Manuel Azevedo" wrote: Hi guys, This discussion started in the Facebook page for Nixi

Re: [neonixie-l] Refilling tubes/different gasses

Wow, way cool! That and argon ne2 bukds would make a pretty nixie neon clock :) -joe On Mar 9, 2018 2:33 PM, "Paul Andrews" wrote: > Looks like vacuumglow is aiming to refill tubes: > > https://www.facebook.com/vacuumglow/posts/704184109789357 > > -- > You received this message because you are

Re: [neonixie-l] How to mount IN-9 tubes

Hi John, I can't give too much advice but I have learned that for both in-9 and in13 you want to make sure there is a bend in the leads so that the tubes can move around without putting stress on the glass of the tube. -joe On Feb 19, 2018 6:07 AM, "John Murphy" wrote: > I'm building an audio

Re: [neonixie-l] Story Time: How you got to the nixie hobby?

Hi Yall, My love for all things glowing orange started with my dad's nothingboxes back when I was 6 or 7 (Long time ago) . Simple little relex oscilator's using a neon buld, resistor and a capacitor. His circuit was a bit different than most though. I've attached a picture. Naturaly, the power

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: MCU religious wars (OT?)

Personally, I like the AVR MCU's though I am slowly starting to grow out of them. The Arduino libraries are convenient but many of them have sloppy poorly documented code. I hate the Arduino IDE (more than I hate ALL IDSs). With that said, I still use the libraries, make my own bards and use an edi

Re: [neonixie-l] I finaly completed my IN-13 clock!

Oh so right! I forgot about that. I do have to let the clocks sequence from bulb to bulb overnight to get them to be full length! -joe On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 3:31 PM, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. < jfrech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wonderfull clock! Very nice... > > > About IN-13 some need "baking" i t

Re: [neonixie-l] I finaly completed my IN-13 clock!

Thanks Nick, Greg! a fully lit lamp takes 4.5 milliamps (I just measured it). This is also about what the data sheets say. What you describe reminds me of when I wired my tubes in backwards, they took 20+ma and didn't last very long. As for retreating, If you are not going full on or full off, you

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Voltmeter - Vaping machine

Not that I vape, but I think temperature would be much more 'interesting' than voltage. -joe On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:27 PM, David Forbes wrote: > Paul, > The code already measures the battery voltage, so it wouldn't be much work > to display this in a suitable scale factor such as percentage

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Eagle is now subscription-based

I myself like PCB from the GEDA collection. I uae gschem as well. I like doing my own placement and quite often create much of the pc board before the schematic, but that is just how I roll ;) -joe On Aug 18, 2017 11:29, "Robert L" wrote: An example of support for the KiCAD community: https:/

Re: [neonixie-l] Oscilloscope clock...

Just my two cents Dave (since everyone else is pitching theirs in). The rounded corners and moving the pcb to the bottom sounds like a great idea. To keep the 60's tv/oscilloscope look, hand wired knobs on the front would look real spiff if they were well dressed and colorful! -joe On Jul 7, 201

Re: [neonixie-l] 'Tube socket pins'. What are they really?

Hi Paul, Not quite the same but they work will with IN-12 nixies, millmax 0327-0-15-01-34-27-10-0 Mouser part number 0327-0-15-01-34-27-10-0

Re: [neonixie-l] Finished Nixie watch project

Very pretty watch, it makes me drool like all of the other watches out there! As Homer Simpson put it 'Augh... Nixie Watch...' Now I just need to find a paper towel to clean the spit off of my desk. -joe On Feb 3, 2017 11:03 AM, "Craig Smith" wrote: I thought I would post a few pictures of

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-13 Lifespan

I am surprised they lasted so long! -joe On Jan 30, 2017 12:20 PM, "TheJBW" wrote: Joe, I actually discovered exactly this late last night. Hadn't gotten around to replying yet. Turns out that the simple footprint got flipped at some point. I didn't think that the tubes would operate correctly

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-13 Lifespan

When I had a tube that took 15ma to drive it, I discoved that I had the two 'anodes' wired backwards. The tube had a short life, in the order of weeks running full time. -joe On Jan 23, 2017 1:41 PM, "TheJBW" wrote: > About 1.5years ago, I built this really nice stereo vu-meter using IN-13 > ba

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: New clock kit in the making

I found that the IN13 would 'tear' and such if I tried o make it move from one value to the next too quickly. If I ramped the change it behaved well. This may have been the problem you saw with the IN-9 as well. I will have to play with those just to see. If I remember correctly, the IN13 took 2ms

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: New clock kit in the making

There was another on the list about 6mos ago, it was a kick starter and above my pay level. I try not to copy, some days timing just sucks. I started on this then found his. Mine is going to be a kit with mostly through hole parts. -joe On Aug 27, 2016 8:51 PM, "'threeneurons' via neonixie-l" < n

Re: [neonixie-l] Help with IN-8 tube mount for Threeneuron's 6 digit clock

I'm a big gEDA person myself. I drank the linux kool-aid a long time ago and I do enjoy laying out my boards in a more manual way. It is reasonably easy to use makes nice boards and schematics and creating foot prints are very hard after the first one or two. Good luck keeping your new addiction u

[neonixie-l] Re: In need of an IN13 nixie bar tube, quickly

8:36 PM, Joe Croft wrote: > Hi Yall, > > As fate would have it, I am one tube short of the number I need, and I > only have a about a week and a half to get one :(. > > Does anyone in the US on the list happen to have one they can sell me? > > Thank you, >Joe >

[neonixie-l] In need of an IN13 nixie bar tube, quickly

Hi Yall, As fate would have it, I am one tube short of the number I need, and I only have a about a week and a half to get one :(. Does anyone in the US on the list happen to have one they can sell me? Thank you, Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents or Dislyxia Rides Again!!!

It's hell being dyslexic! I have the tubes wired backwards :( What is amazing is how they lit up and seem to work fine besides the issue of drawing 3 times as much current they should. Sigh... Off to add lots of cuts and jumpers too my board! -joe On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Joe

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

I do seem to have a problem with my board. I have pulled one of the tubes and just tried it on a bread board and life is good. Though in the board, not so good. I will have to dig harder on the layout. Something is just not right. -joe On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:59 PM, gregebert wrote: > Best th

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

Hi threeneurons, What current does your in-13 draw to get it to show fullscale? -joe On May 18, 2016 2:41 PM, "'threeneurons' via neonixie-l" < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Though, the 4K7 is not needed, it does no harm. Even if the xstr had the > minimal hfe of 25, there would be less

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

My guess is that it keeps a little pool of ionized gass at the bottom of the tube so the line will always start at the bottom. That's just my guess though. -joe On May 18, 2016 1:32 PM, "gregebert" wrote: > What purpose does the 3rd connection of the IN-13 serve ? According to the > schematic it

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

Once more, but this time with feeling ​ On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Jon Jackson wrote: > No embedded image... > > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Joe Croft wrote: > >> Hi Jon, >> >> I have embedded the picture below. It's a good guess if y

[neonixie-l] IN-13 currents

Hi Yall, I am playing with IN-13 nixie indicator tube. I am driving them with a similar circuit as I found here: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=158113.0 Unfortunately, I have a few issues. First my tubes don't all light up unless I put 150V across them and it's much more reliable if I ha

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: My NixiChron is sick, what do I do?

Silly me! I must be getting old, I still think chips are in dip packages. -joe On May 6, 2016 5:32 PM, "Quincy" wrote: > Thanks. And probably a stupid question, but maybe you know, was ever a > firmware update (or more recent chip)? The daylight savings time dates > changed in the US after my

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: My NixiChron is sick, what do I do?

Quincy, You may want to gently just lift the processor partially out of the socket then push it back in. this will reduce the chance of bent pins. You can do this by sliding a slotted (flat blade) screwdriver under the chip (between the processor and the socket) then gently rotate the screw driver

Re: [neonixie-l] Dr. Timmy's Caffeinated Nixie tubes

Sweet!! On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Quixotic Nixotic wrote: > I understand that Dr. Timmy's Caffeinated Nixie tubes come in Cherry, > Lemon/Lime, Fruit Punch, Watermelon, and Blue Raspberry. > > > John S > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "n

[neonixie-l] Nvu

T -- 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, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

Using the Arduino black box > library doesn't give me fuzzy feelings in this area. > > *) If you're going to make these in commercial quantities, consider > getting it listed. We work with ETL (I have a grudge against UL and > their nasty politics). Figure at least $5 lar

[neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

Happy New Year Yall!! To open this new years, I have been continuing on my saga with the NixieStat Thermostat. I have a hackaday project with pictures and more here: https://hackaday.io/project/4452-nixiestat I want to make this a kit, either both a Nixie tube version as well as 7 segment LED

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Thermometer

Nice job! I like it. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:41 AM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Here's a little nixie project. Its a thermometer, it has a 2-1/2 digit > display, with a simple NE-2 in the 1xx position. I decide to build a > decrete dual slope ADC circui

Re: [neonixie-l] Green neon bulbs - Anyone interested in 100 or more ?

Wow, sadly I bought as many as I will need for a while. I would've liked your length more. Mine are about half that size. -joe On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:08 PM, gregebert wrote: > I will be placing an order for NE-2G bulbs in a few days, and wanted to > know if anyone here is interested in obtai

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Pete, I like it. I will give this a try. -joe On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:12 AM, petehand wrote: > One more thing about the cascode. Transistor Q1 is dissipating 170mW with > the values shown. It may get a little warm - you have to watch that. You > can put a "helper" resistor between Q1 coll

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hmmm... interesting observation Pete, are you talking about changing R21 or R22 to 10K? I chose 100K because I have them in my NixieNeon clock. -joe On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:48 AM, petehand wrote: > Just move R22 etc to the other end of R21 etc, on the base of the PNPs. > Where they are now, t

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, Okay, I scoped the board and I have almost 500us of total dead time between digits. This was measured on the digital outputs from the CPU. My code is written in a way that I turn off all of the segment and digit signals one at a time in a for loop so they are not all triggering at once. T

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon glass making course...

We need a class like this in Chicago!! I would be there in a flash!! :) -joe On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:14 AM, John Rehwinkel wrote: > I'd been looking for a top one-to-one cold-cathode display making course > > So, last week I went up t'north and learnt more in the hours I was there > that I h

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, I've attached a picture of the display pcb layout and a pdf of the schematic for it. The cathode drivers are just the MPSA42 with a 100K ohm base transistor and the collector is tied directly to the cathode and the emitter is tied to ground. -joe On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:58 AM, gregeb

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, Thanks for the inputs, Sadly direct drive is not an option, I just don't have the I/O pins available nor the space to add the chips needed to 'produce' more. Terry, By other pin, I mean the side considered the anode side of the neon bulb. The side that is positive when the bulb should b

[neonixie-l] Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, I am working on a multiplexed display and am finding that for the lines that have both of their transistors turned off, there are massive swings of voltage that are induced on the lines. The levels are so high I get other digits flickering in the tube and I also have neon bulbs that are a

Re: [neonixie-l] A couple of my videos

Sweet clock, I take it you don't have it in your bed room hehe ;) -joe On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Morris Odell wrote: > Electromechanical nixie clock: > > http://youtu.be/WvHKyWSp20o > 3 phase sawtooth deflection waveform for Sperry Radar clock: > > http://youtu.be/BQ3ykfU2a2Y > Enjoy! > >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What did you build over the holidays?

I worked (and am still working) on my Nixie tube thermostat for my heater. Though it will have 4 relays for controlling anything. I only have a heater (radiator), I am using a PID controller to regulate the temp. Cooling will just be a standard stupid algorithm, one tested by turning on and off a

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

Now for my two cents. I have not looked at the schematic due to time issues, but I know I ran into issues driving a standard mosfet with a logic level gate signal. It got hotter than blue blazes! If the gate signal only goes to 5 volts, you must use a mosfet that will turn on fully at this level ot

Re: [neonixie-l] Russian text?

Hi Jon, My wife is not a native speaker, but she did learn from an early age so she may be able to help. -joe On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Jon wrote: > Is there a native Russian speaker in the house who could take a look at a > very short handwritten piece of text and tell me what it says?

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Neon ring counter nixie clock

Hi John, Nixieneon is stil active. I probably have to check the email I have on the site. I was also in Poland getting married through a big chunk of August, but am back now. -joe On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 9:40 AM, electrofish wrote: > Does anyone know if NixieNeon Store > http://www.nixieneon.

Re: [neonixie-l] Whatbox

These are what got me started in electronics. My dad would make them for presents. One of my uncles gave me the one my dad gave him when I was like 6 years old. I have pictures of the original my dad made one as well as a new one I using the same circuit, just laid it out differently. The schemati

Re: [neonixie-l] WAY WAY off topic but I need some help..

John, In your first solution, I think you have your circuit backwards. If I read the issue correctly, the new sender has a resistance of 0 - 30 ohms and what the gauge expects is 0 - 90 ohms. I will be honest though, I don't have a clue of how a gas gauge and sender work. -joe On Sun, Nov 17, 2

Re: [neonixie-l] first tube for sale

That is a sweet tube, wish I had a hundred or two to drop on it! -joe -- 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, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To

Re: [neonixie-l] Question on neon bulbs for circuit

Hi Dylan, I have had little issues with the A9A bulbs and I have done a lot of counting circuits. Of course, I suspect that any type 2 terminal neon bulbs will cause you grief if you want good reliability. I've tried aging them and that didn't seem to help. Matching the bulbs seemed to work the be

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Playing around in Inventor

First we want women to show more ankle, then cleavage, now we want them to show more tube!!! What is this world coming too? -joe On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Cobra007 wrote: > I think the design of your men's nixie watch is in fact better, it's a > bit large and things but everybody would ag

Re: [neonixie-l] Nuts and Volts.

I like Nuts and Volts, I let my subscription lapse, but I will be starting it back up soon :) -joe On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Dylan Distasio wrote: > Hi Nick- > > I am a subscriber, and yes I would recommend checking it out. I also > enjoy Make magazine (although this one is not quite as

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