[neonixie-l] Re: Seen these before?

On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 4:29:52 AM UTC-4 Jon wrote: Guessing they might've been used in petrol (gasoline) pump price displays? I have a childhood memory of watching what I now know to be a numitron display on the pump with a 1/2 oscillating on and off as the total mounted. Back when a 1/

[neonixie-l] Re: New build!

On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 12:06:51 PM UTC-4 newxito wrote: Very nice build! But I can see a lot of ICs :-) Just kidding, I know what you mean. I also like those clocks with lots of TTL logic, I think it's time for me to build one! There's this: http://tube-clock.com The seller produ

Re: [neonixie-l] "Software-Defined Flyback" for Nixie Tubes

On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 6:56:33 PM UTC-4 Mac Doktor wrote: I recall reading on multiple occasions that a SCSI driver was a non-trivial exercise. Sort-of like "if you don't appreciate how non-trivial it is don't even bother". Yup. It was bad enough when there was an actual controller chip,

[neonixie-l] Re: "Software-Defined Flyback" for Nixie Tubes

On Monday, May 8, 2023 at 6:14:50 PM UTC-4 gregebert wrote: I've never been comfortable with software doing really tight-timing loops, especially if you need timing resolution well-below 1usec I had a clock from someone well-known here. It used a sw-controlled high voltage supply. Doing a fir

Re: [neonixie-l] I won't be buying this...

On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 9:53:43 PM UTC-4 Terry S wrote: Jeff Thomas, yes. But this was really the first "product" nixie clock of the modern era. Oops, got my Jeffs mixed up. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe f

Re: [neonixie-l] I won't be buying this...

Isn't that the one Jeff Arnold savaged in "Alien Nixie Clock Autopsy"? http://www.nixie.dk/~jthomas/autopsy.html -- 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 n

Re: [neonixie-l] New Features for the MOD-SIX- LUMINA!!

UTC-4 Robert wrote: > Any news on this update? > > > Rob > > On 6 Mar 2023, at 04:17, Terry Kennedy wrote: > > Code space is so tight in the older ATmega-based CPUs that the PS/2 > serial driver had to be removed in the 9.xx firmware to fit in other > requested fe

Re: [neonixie-l] New Features for the MOD-SIX- LUMINA!!

Code space is so tight in the older ATmega-based CPUs that the PS/2 serial driver had to be removed in the 9.xx firmware to fit in other requested features. Having said that, there is an intersection of what's doable / customers request / price sensitivity. We've looked briefly at combinations

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting NOS Neon bulbs

I had both the neon and argon versions in standard bases. The resistor was inside the base (actually on one of the wire legs next to the evacuation nipple. The other end went to the pin (not screw) part of the base. On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 12:49:23 AM UTC-5 gregebert wrote: > I had a bu

[neonixie-l] Re: Bubble Lights and other Christmas Lights of interest

I posted about these some 8 years ago. Here's what I said: *I worked in the factory (in a different division) that made those in the 70’s - Masden Industries on 23rd St. in North Bergen, NJ. They made the glass enclosure and the contents, and then sold the sealed units to a customer (Beacon Ele

Re: [neonixie-l] Attn: Pete Hand

On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-4, Greg P wrote: > > I have one of these Pete Hand/Jeff Thomas clocks as well. Does anyone > know if there is a firmware update? Wondering if there's an updated > revision out there? > Jeff didn't really do firmware - his clocks generally used f

[neonixie-l] Re: Mercury not all it’s cracked up to be?

On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 1:27:39 PM UTC-4, Paul Andrews wrote: > > This also got me thinking; if it isn’t mercury that confers a longer life, > then could it be something else? Could it be fine-tuning the cathode > material? Could it be fine tuning of the gas mixture and/or pressure? Which

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Different color VFD tubes?

On Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 12:27:32 PM UTC-4, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > I'll post some pics when I get home if I remember... > I have some large Soviet VFD panels which are allegedly intended for a submarine - parts of the display look like ballast tanks. But they could also be separator dru

[neonixie-l] Re: 16 Segment Starburst smart socket driver

On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 4:53:23 AM UTC-4, Richard Scales wrote: > The original smart socket code which was created by Chris Barron ran on a > PIC16F690 which did not have enough ports to drive all 16 segments plus the > decimal point so I moved over to a PIC16F886 (I am no PIC expert so the

[neonixie-l] Re: Is it possible to identify a single nixie?

On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 9:51:45 AM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > For each of my expensive tubes (b7971, R|z568m) I measure and plot the I-V > characteristics. There aren't any serial numbers on b7971's so I just write > one on the backside. > > If the tube fails later on, I check the I-V charact

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 4:06:26 AM UTC-4, Terry Kennedy wrote: > > After all that, I'm not worried about leaded solder. And since people > opening and eating products assembled with lead solder seems unlikely, many > ROHS > [Hit Post too soon by accident] .. many

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 4:06:26 AM UTC-4, Terry Kennedy wrote: > After all that, I'm not worried about leaded solder. And since people > opening and eating products assembled with lead solder seems unlikely, many > ROHS > [H -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] 1961 Heathkit Catalog

On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 6:24:48 PM UTC-4, jf...@my-deja.com wrote: > > It was meant as a joke. I still use SnPb eutectic solder, and I think my > ~1 kg is a lifetime supply I think I can blame this for my dumbness, since > I used to hold the solder in my teeth during construction and repair

[neonixie-l] Re: Elektronika-7 Clock... What kind of IV-26 tubes? Just found out there's Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 IV-26's.

On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 11:06:08 PM UTC-4, celzey11 wrote: > > Hi, the beast finally showed up...and the front glass was smashed. So > again, thanks Terry for not only the excellent write up on electrically > restoring these clocks, but also on recreating the glass front. Sidenote, > have

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Discovered an old advertisment

On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 2:58:46 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > If someone could post good-quality pictures of the PCB (both sides), that > would satisfy my curiosity > I thought I had one on this floor that I could easily locate, but I can't find it. I know I have some in the basement and

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Discovered an old advertisment

On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 11:12:14 AM UTC-4, M1 wrote: > > I have seen a premade Styrofoam case that held many tubes on ebay before. > >From the foam trays I've seen (for example: https://www.glaver.org/transient/b7971tray.jpg ) they were simple carriers that the repair techs used to bring tub

[neonixie-l] Re: 15 digit IV-17 VFD

On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 8:13:21 AM UTC-4, Mitch wrote: > > Brightness is definitely related to the batch. The 87s are the best. They > are bright at 30v. The 90s are not nearly as bright at 35v or 45v. I'll run > them at 45v for a few days to see if they improve. > I have a huge number of I

[neonixie-l] Re: Elektronika-7 Clock... What kind of IV-26 tubes? Just found out there's Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 IV-26's.

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 8:49:05 AM UTC-4, celzey11 wrote: > > Hello all, just ended up winning an IV-26 clock, the kind with 12 tubes > for each digit. The one I got has very worn out tubes, and some segments > barely light, so I want to replace some or all of the tubes. But what type > of

Re: [neonixie-l] NIMO Tubes on ebay

On Friday, January 3, 2020 at 3:08:23 PM UTC-5, Tyler Bourne wrote: > > Even if someone did try to recreate these they would probably cost even > more. I love NIMOs for their impressive overcomplication of a simple task. > The Soviet-era ITS1-A is an even more bizarre tube, but there seem to be

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: New CD47 sized tubes?!

On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 2:56:50 AM UTC-5, Paul Andrews wrote: > > Are you seriously stating that no one should compete with Dalibor’s tubes? > I'm saying that there are a number of types which we would like to see made again, and having a bunch of people making 568's (or CD47's) seems

[neonixie-l] Re: New CD47 sized tubes?!

On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 1:04:17 PM UTC-5, Jiří wrote: > > Hi, I'm back again, I asked to join the group to answer your questions > that interest you. In the discussion are new posts on the topic of my > production nixie JP47. I hope I will not be described as a fraud again, I > am not a

[neonixie-l] Re: B-7971 Smart Sockets - Harwin Socket Pins Vs Original Sockets

On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 10:08:48 AM UTC-4, Richard Scales wrote: > > $1 per tube - how things have changed! > Here's the ad (original scan by David Forbes): [image: b7971ad.jpg] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsub

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

On Monday, September 23, 2019 at 11:59:42 AM UTC-4, Frenchyled wrote: > > I find your group in searching for a schematic of my Nixichron because > today it is not working anymore :( > I will create a post about my problem and I hope to find replies to help > me to repare it. > Welcome! Jeff (the

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Group librarian wanted...

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 10:37:49 PM UTC-4, Terry Kennedy wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:11:31 AM UTC-4, Nick wrote: >> >> I have asked Tyler to have a first pass. As Google Drive is mapped to >> groups and shares access rights, the intention is

[neonixie-l] Re: Computer History Museum - San Jose CA

On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 10:45:39 PM UTC-4, martin martin wrote: > > This weekend I visited the Computer History Museum in San Jose. If you > get the chance to go it's worth a full day. While I was wanderer though > the many halls I found this 1961 12 digit Nixie calculator! > A place where

Re: [neonixie-l] LED Word Clock

On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 9:36:59 PM UTC-4, Mitch wrote: > > I think a large LED version of the MOD-6 would be a great, especially > considering the price of B7971 tubes now. I would certainly buy one to join > my two MOD-6s. > The problem is that there aren't going to be many people willing

Re: [neonixie-l] LED Word Clock

On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 7:49:04 PM UTC-4, Mitch wrote: > > One company that I known of makes 2.3" displays. I'm not sure that they > will be compatible, but I will check at some point. The . 8" displays I'm > using now are readable at 20 feet. > evilmadscience has (I think, I didn't look

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Group librarian wanted...

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:11:31 AM UTC-4, Nick wrote: > > I have asked Tyler to have a first pass. As Google Drive is mapped to > groups and shares access rights, the intention is to do a master copy here. > > If folk want to shadow it in lots of places, that'd be great - I know I > will!

[neonixie-l] Re: Group librarian wanted...

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 7:30:52 AM UTC-4, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > Makes sense to me... Google isn't going away anytime soon. Seems to work > pretty well to me. Google does tend to apparently randomly decide that some "products" (if you're not paying for it, you ARE the product!) are no l

Re: [neonixie-l] We all need one of these!

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 1:45:47 PM UTC-4, Terry Bowman wrote: > > What's really cool about these is that there's a 50/50 chance that the > numeral will be visible when it's plugged in. > The USB licensing group requires that connectors must be oriented so the USB logo on the cable "faces t

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: 50 years ago today (Apollo 11)

On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 3:04:38 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > Nixie tubes were in their heyday during the Apollo lunar program. Today is > the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first lunar-landing mission, and > there is website with an excellent collection of audio recordings of the >

[neonixie-l] Re: Book PDF if anyone wants it - Amateurreihe electronica 171 - Electronische Anzeigebauelemente

On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 9:15:22 AM UTC-4, David Pye wrote: > I've got a PDF scanned copy of the 1970s German nixie/vfd/led display > bible, > ... > Please note it is in German. > I ran it through German OCR which did a passable job - it would be better if the document were B&W and the pag

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Cold Cathode Glow Discharge Tubes, GF Weston 1968

On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 5:43:09 PM UTC-4, Dekatron42 wrote: > > Don't forget Hathi Trust, they have a lot of goodies. > The problem with Hathi is that they take the word of whoever scanned the book regarding copyright status. For example, works by the [US] government and many of the US stat

Re: [neonixie-l] I just had to put my scent on it

On Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 9:24:55 AM UTC-4, blkadder wrote: > > I see on your site the separate PIR sensor. Is this something that you > might make available for purchase? Also, does the PIR shut down the HV > power supply when it switches off? I ask only because I would like to add > a PIR

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

On Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 4:35:53 AM UTC-4, Swan Donovan wrote: > > I've got some "elektronika" clocks I've imported from Russia. Interesting > bits of kit. Elektronika ("Electronics") was their general name for everything from clocks to computers from a number of different factories. I hav

Re: [neonixie-l] Presented for your consideration...The BRS Clock

On Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 12:57:28 PM UTC-4, Paolo Cravero wrote: > > Are you using some tricks to improve the reliability of "reading" AC line? > Either HW or SW. In Europe AC time is currently running 32 seconds late > since the beginning of the year. It will catch up, as it did in 2018 whe

[neonixie-l] Re: Help with Nixichron Issue

On Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 4:44:05 PM UTC-4, David Fleig wrote: > > I've got a Nixichron purchased from Jeff Thomas years ago that's not > behaving. It starts up and runs fine for several hours or even a few days > then starts emitting a continuous beep and the display goes blank. > Unfortunat

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-28's in real life...

On Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11:02:10 PM UTC-4, charles wrote: > > I was always sad about Gandalf, they kinda Zigged when everyone else > zagged. Way Back when I recall showing one of their engineers one of > the First HAYES modems -and I asked why Gandalf was not in the market. > He answered tha

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-28's in real life...

On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 5:59:48 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > My big clock simulates clock-hands with 306 NE-2H bulbs; during self-test, > all of them light-up and you can actually *feel* the light on your face. > It's a weird sensation because the bulbs dont actually heat-up and > re-radi

[neonixie-l] Re: Tube database?

On Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 1:47:53 AM UTC-4, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. wrote: > > A "own" solution has the benefits that it can be fully customized to the > needs of the user, is independand and can be backed up/ migrated easily. A > SQL dump can be importet to any SQL Database in case the ser

[neonixie-l] Re: About high prices.. best things come cheap

On Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 2:38:01 PM UTC-4, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. wrote: > > What i wanted to tell you with this, is that you not should feel bad or > sad about tubes that are at a high price currently. If you have time and > just keeping an eye on offers, one day you will find a very good

[neonixie-l] Re: Lot's of high priced B7971 from France...

On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 3:28:03 PM UTC-4, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F. wrote: > > This seller is known for nixie tubes, and even special ones. I wonder > where you get them.Mostly because of the packing, since B7971 usually were > plugged from equipment, it looks like this seller had acces to e

[neonixie-l] Re: Another Tube Hobby Failure

On Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 8:15:57 PM UTC-4, MichaelB wrote: > > This makes 4 times now this clock has failed over the past 10 years or so. > This is a stock clock with IN-18's. I have another set of these electronics > that has never failed, but then again, I had changed the tube board to >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 8971/7971 clocks

On Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 7:39:11 PM UTC-4, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > I'm still waiting for my black emerald 7971... But it's neat seeing the > 8971 on the base. I'll put my black emerald next to my V2 8-08 and retire > it's GPS extender to storage. I suppose the new wireless PIR I'm getting

[neonixie-l] Re: TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 12:36:13 PM UTC-4, Jeff Walton wrote: > > Note that the auction from the newest seller is using the same photos and > has the same bidders in common... > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 9:25:52 AM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote: >> >> Things are going a little crazy??? 4 B

[neonixie-l] Re: 7971 clock project video

On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 4:56:21 PM UTC-5, gregebert wrote: > > Nice video. The modular construction is a great idea. > Yup. There have been 2 published versions of the PSU and 3 of the CPU (and a lage number of intermediate versions that weren't generally available - and this video is us

[neonixie-l] Re: The case of the singing nixie tube

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 7:22:59 AM UTC-5, Paul Andrews wrote: > None of my other tubes exhibit this behavior (with a caveat I will get > into in a moment). My theory on this was that the large cathodes on the > CD47 could vibrate at lower frequencies than any other tube in my > collec

[neonixie-l] Re: Can the IN-14 pull off its 5?

On Monday, February 18, 2019 at 10:42:49 PM UTC-5, Thomas Kummer wrote: > > I’ve always been a bit annoyed by the fact that Russian Nixies, the most > abundant Nixies used an upside down 2 for the 5. As if getting the 6, and > the 9 weren’t good enough to cut production costs, they had to flip a

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: "The Fortress " an E1T clock coming soon...

On Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 3:20:08 AM UTC-5, Sgitheach wrote: > > > > The lite placer builds it in 10 minutes (I don't run it at full speed) as > against a few hours and serious back ache... So pre-fitted SMD parts is > going to be my preferred route. > Sounds good. > Your other poi

[neonixie-l] Re: "The Fortress " an E1T clock coming soon...

On Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 5:48:53 PM UTC-5, Sgitheach wrote: > > The purpose of this email is to try to gauge interest in the clock to help > us get the right number of PCBs made. So I would appreciate an email from > any one who has some E1T tubes and might want to build a clock with th

Re: [neonixie-l] NL5441A / B5441A needed to replace damaged tubes from home theft. Source?

On Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 12:54:03 PM UTC-5, Jeff Walton wrote: > > The last time I saw any of these on ebay, they went for over $60 each! I > think that the supply has dried up. > Weren't these the tubes in the Richardson close-out group buy back in 2008 in the old Yahoo group? At $4.

[neonixie-l] Re: Wood cases for nixie kits?

On Sunday, December 23, 2018 at 4:57:39 PM UTC-5, Collin Smith wrote: > > So, what do you guys do for quality exotic woods. I have been thinking of > milling out some nice burl pieces if I could find a good supplier of > stabilized burl wood(sealed with epoxy) etc.. > I have never used them, bu

[neonixie-l] Re: Repair / Troubleshoot an IN-18 Blue Dream

On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 7:29:36 PM UTC-5, gregebert wrote: > > Paul - Can you post some details about the hot-air soldering/reflow you > did ? > > I'm soldering my SMT devices manually by hand because my casual > experimenting with a heat-gun got bubbled PCBs and very hot (and probably

Re: [neonixie-l] Heads-up - spammer using this group to harvest email addresses

On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:57:20 AM UTC-4, Юрий Овчинников wrote: > > I will remove your addresses from the mass mailing. > I just received another one of your unwanted spam mails, this one titled "actual list". I do not want to receive these. I will talke additional action if I receive

[neonixie-l] Heads-up - spammer using this group to harvest email addresses

I just received a spam email from "Норд Фуд Сервис" offering to sell octal tube sockets (which don't even fit nixies!), sent to an email address I only use here. I would encourage all members to not do business with people who send spam. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

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

On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 11:03:23 AM UTC-4, neonixie-l wrote: > > Even existing members (there are over 1,000) could chip in - there's some > great stuff around... > My name is Terry Kennedy (though it probably says that on top) and I describe myself as a "semi

[neonixie-l] Dekatron DoHickie #1 glow gets "stuck"

I have Dekatron DoHickie #1 (January 2007) from Michael Moorrees (Tortugascuba on eBay, I believe) which uses a Rodan DK23 tube. It stopped being able to do full circles some time ago, but would "bounce" at around 8 o'clock and then swing back counterclockwise to 1 o'clock. I started writing th

[neonixie-l] Re: Interesting indicator on Ebay

On Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 4:21:44 AM UTC-4, Jens Boos wrote: > > I invite you to bask in the glory of a yet-unknown Russian indicator tube: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/292673805926 ;-) > > I think $500 is probably a bit pricy, though. > Yes, particularly since the IN-20 datasheet says "Долгов

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Y1938 blue-coated VFD

On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 2:14:48 AM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > If the tube I bought still works, I'll get an idea how much the blue > coating affects visibility. This is intended as a nightstand clock, so if > it's dim that's OK with me. Ordinary VFDs dont appeal to me; this tube, > with it

[neonixie-l] Re: Y1938 blue-coated VFD

On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 10:43:42 AM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > On a whim I bought one of these from Ebay the other day; my first venture > into VFD's > > Does anyone know how often these come up for auction, or know anyone who > has about 10 more they would be willing to sell ? I'm considerin

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

On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 3:56:47 AM UTC-4, Andy D wrote: > > Hi. I'm looking for 20 in-13 bar tubes for my next project. Anyone selling > some or know of a good supplier? You might want to mention where you are. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie tube history

On Monday, June 25, 2018 at 3:04:57 PM UTC-4, Jens Boos wrote: > > I recently wrote a short article about the current understanding of the > history of the Nixie tube, and it appeared in IEEE Spectrum today, check > it out: > > https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/the-nixie

Re: [neonixie-l] NL-50944 Infos?

On Friday, May 18, 2018 at 2:02:32 AM UTC-4, Tomasz Kowalczyk wrote: > > I suppose there are two reasons why so many pins are present. One is > locating the right position of the tube - if you skip most of the pins, > then orientation can be located only by judging where the front of the tube >

Re: [neonixie-l] NL-50944 Infos?

On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 12:44:31 PM UTC-4, Jens Boos wrote: > > Nice observation, Jonathan. Maybe it's the Americanized version of the > GR4G ;-) http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/gr4g/gr4g.htm > That tube must hold the record for "most pins to display the fewest things"! I'm some

Re: [neonixie-l] z568m tubes starting to fail

On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 3:42:10 PM UTC-4, christopher helps wrote: > > I have realised that i must have plugged the tubes into different holders > so the hours went into the minutes etcdoes it matter if an hour nixie > is poisoned as it only needs to show three digits?..pic attached > Is

[neonixie-l] Re: Possibly offtopic - Vintage MV1 LEDs for sale

On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:51:31 AM UTC-4, AnubisTTP wrote: > > I am not sure if this is offtopic or not, if so, mods please remove. I > have recently come into possession of a small quantity of Monsanto MV1 > LEDs... the MV1 is the first commercially produced LED, released in 1968. > Do

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

On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 11:59:41 AM UTC-4, Jens Boos wrote: > > One question: How did you manage to attach a stem to the IN-18 base > without cracking it? It seems like a very risky operation to me, so kudos > that you pulled that off! > In his post on RadioKot, he said that half of the tube

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Jeff Thomas GPSII

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 12:25:12 AM UTC-4, Pramanicin wrote: > > I can’t locate a reasonably priced HaiCom replacementI’ll check out > the Gstar. I have some GlobalSat BR355’s with the PS/2 plug but there was > no pin out info in the GPSII manual that I’m aware ofare they > comp

Re: [neonixie-l] IN1 tubes with no bases...

On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 3:31:37 PM UTC-4, Terry S wrote: > > I wonder if soaking the base might free up the cement. In water or a mild > solvent... Shouldn't hurt the wire entry into the envelope, and maybe one > could keep that dry using careful positioning. > > Funny how the ugly duckling/

[neonixie-l] Re: OT: Radioactive clock

On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 9:48:20 AM UTC-4, Paul Andrews wrote: > > I thought you all might find this amusing. I while back there was a thread > about tubes with radon in them. That set me off on a little side-quest > where I ended building a Geiger counter using an old Russian Geiger-mueller

[neonixie-l] Re: Numitron clock driving question

On Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 8:26:39 AM UTC-5, Tomasz Kowalczyk wrote: > What are your experiences with numitrons? What methods of prolonging their > life did you use? Or did you just ignore the problem, as IV-9 and IV-16s > are still quite cheap? > Please share your experiences and though

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

On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 7:07:17 AM UTC-5, John Murphy wrote: > > I'm building an audio spectrum analyzer using the MSGQ7 chip, an Arduino, > and 14 IN-9 tubes (7 Left channel and 7 Right). I've got everything > working on the bench, but now it's time to get things mounted for display!

[neonixie-l] Re: People Like Neon / Nixies animated GIFs

On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 8:06:45 PM UTC-5, Nick wrote: > > That's really cool. I'll see if that'll work in the group header... (If > that's OK with you) Sure! Email me if you want the MP4 files so you can crop them / whatever. I also have the original raw 1080P camera footage, but that'

[neonixie-l] People Like Neon / Nixies animated GIFs

Now that I have all of the MOD-SIX documentation done, I figured I'd do a bit of experimenting with displaying custom text on the clock. Here is People Like Neon:

[neonixie-l] Re: Swiss chocolates

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 6:48:39 AM UTC-5, newxito wrote: > > I was asked by a friend to build a cheap nixie clock. That's the result, > the 48 Swiss chocolates in this box were much more expensive than the clock > :-) > Nice. BTW, a handy tip - if you don't have the official ribbon cable

Re: [neonixie-l] $78 nixie watch on eBay

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 10:25:54 AM UTC-5, Terry S wrote: > I don't think I trust a li-ion battery labeled "Trustfire". > Why not - they're just continuing a long tradition of somewhat-inappropriate brand names: Sparkle Power - power supplies - http://www.sparklepower.com/ MeanWell - powe

Re: [neonixie-l] status of original Weisling FLW kit design? Clone kits? Software?

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 4:12:40 PM UTC-5, jrehwin wrote: > > I have a copy of the source code and build notes. Since Ray is no longer > with us, and he intimated that he wouldn't mind when I last spoke with him > on the phone, I feel it would be okay to share it. > Back in the old Yah

Re: [neonixie-l] New to group, building with B7971s

On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 12:09:54 AM UTC-5, Jeff Walton wrote: > > Terry - I don't know if your earlier MOD-SIX clocks had tube hour > registers, but my curiosity is how many hours do you have on your B7971 > tubes on your clocks? Have you had any failures? > Yes, the tube timer was a f

Re: [neonixie-l] New to group, building with B7971s

On Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 8:48:39 PM UTC-5, William Lee wrote: > > Badnixie just released a new assembly, including in kit format that looks > really nice. I am hoping to get one if I can scrape the funds together: > > http://badnixie.com/BadNixie.com_Welcome.html > These are really nice

[neonixie-l] Re: PV Electronics R568 Clock Project With Black R|Z568M Nixie Tubes

On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 11:36:07 PM UTC-4, blkadder wrote: > > As for a soldering station, I would just get a good adjustable iron > (Amazon or AliExpress) and a decent holder for the iron. I have been > thinking of getting one of the Hakko brand systems, but I just don't work > on eno

Re: [neonixie-l] ILVM1-1/7 Type I VFD tubes

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 2:43:03 PM UTC-4, kosbo.com wrote: > > Is far as I remember, combined segments are used to simplify circuit to > make seven segment style digits on the clock matrix look like display. > > I know that IV-26 ( just bigger than IV-25) has 3 modification types: > t

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Raspberry PI controlled Nixie display

On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 1:19:05 AM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > Photo here, and short video posted to YouTube at > https://youtu.be/OjQeW67viXw > Mostly unrelated, but... I've had bad experiences with devices very similar to those 2 10-receptacle boxes you have mounted on the wall behind the

[neonixie-l] Re: IV-1 datasheet English translation

On Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 11:47:33 PM UTC-4, Paul Andrews wrote: > I translated the IV-1 specs from this book > into English using Google > Translate. I uploaded the document to our google drive here >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Manufacturing affordable large, new nixie tubes

On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 11:52:37 PM UTC-4, Aiden Koh wrote: > Anyways, I still believe it's doable to bring the nixie tubes into > mainstream society:) > There is no point in competing with the Russian sellers, since they have the ability to drop their prices below anything you can do - th

[neonixie-l] Re: Radioactive Nixies - Study

On Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 11:17:31 PM UTC-4, Paul Andrews wrote: > > I have often wondered about taking a geiger counter to my tubes. Call me > paranoid, but I wonder where some of the NOS tubes come from precisely. > Some years ago I bought an Elektronika 7-06K from an eBay seller in Ukraine

Re: [neonixie-l] "Lectrascan" information?

R/W) is a possibility. I wonder if the patent applications for the Lectrascan disclose anything about the drive mechanism? Terry Kennedy https://www.glaver.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this grou

[neonixie-l] Re: Tube Hobby woes

On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 12:48:25 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > If you have a scope, take a look at the MOSFET 'on' time with 1 tube > running vs. 6. From there, you can estimate the peak inductor current > (I=Vin*Ton/L) and compare to the datasheet. > The TubeHobby clock is multiplexed,

[neonixie-l] Re: Tube Hobby woes

On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 1:51:45 PM UTC-4, MichaelB wrote: > > Had another TubeHobby clock start blowing fuses the other day and I know > others on this forum have had similar issues. I have 4 of these muxed > clocks and 2 that drive IN-18’s, the others use smaller tubes like the > Z566

Re: [neonixie-l] Cogwheelcircuit

On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 5:56:49 PM UTC-4, Michail wrote: > > > Also, there is a couple of bad links: Like: http://www.tmk.com/mod-6-nixie > which > is blocked by Chrome as malware site. It redirects to: http://mihang.com > which is 404 > > Sorry about that - I sold tmk.com last year a

Re: [neonixie-l] Russian Nixies in real world use (video)

On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 12:42:50 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > Chernobyl ?? Seriously, though, it's a nuclear reactor and possibly an > RBMK style. > > It wouldn't surprise me if they were using IN-9's to indicate critical > reactor parameters. > It is the Leningrad plant, which has 4 RBMK-

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

On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 12:34:03 AM UTC-4, jrehwin wrote: > > Actually it was the MOSFET that was smoking. > I'm not sure if the NixiChron has the same issue, but the FLW has an issue that if the microprocessor is held in a reset state (or stops running for some reason) the HV supply burns

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

On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 2:07:14 AM UTC-4, nixiebunny wrote: > > The man is dead. What possible harm could come from revealing his > innermost Nixie secrets now? > I don't know. And because I don't know, I didn't want to post the whole thing. I have worked with a variety of possibly-propri

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

On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 1:48:52 PM UTC-4, jrehwin wrote: > > I've been working on Quincy's clock. I saw some serious squegging in the > high voltage power supply, and its switching MOSFET was overheating badly. > The filter capacitor was also warm. I tried powering the HV from a > Taylore

Re: [neonixie-l] Looky what I found !

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 2:21:22 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > Oh, I see you found some of those Radon-filled nixies that were > manufactured in Pripyat. > I occasionally buy Elektronika 7 clocks from the ex-USSR. One time I got one that was covered inside and out with the nastiest dust imag

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

On Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 9:38:57 PM UTC-5, joenixie wrote: > > I want to make this a kit, either both a Nixie tube version as well as 7 > segment LED version. Unfortunately I don't have the cash on hand to do > this in any quantity to start so I was thinking of turning to Kickstarter. >

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