[neonixie-l] Re: MTX-90 in counting circuit?

2013-01-30 Thread William Lee
t; http://www.sgitheach.org.uk/nixie3.html > > With some "tweeking" (adjusting some part values) it should be doable with > any trigger tube. Grahame's page also references the J.B. Dance book, where > all kinds of counting techniques are covered. > > > On Wednes

[neonixie-l] MTX-90 in counting circuit?

2013-01-30 Thread William Lee
I may be demonstrating my glaring lack of electronics knowledge with this question, but I figure I will learn something from it either way... Is it possible to use MTX-90 thyratrons as trigger tubes in a ring counter circuit to build a time keeping device with them? My inspiration in asking t

[neonixie-l] Driving nixies

2012-02-16 Thread William Lee
Hi all- I had a question on driving nixies using something other than 74141s. Would any driver that can sink higher currents work ok? Am I right in assuming I can use a driver that sinks with nixies because the cathodes are connected to ground when not floating? For example, would this one w

Re: [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit

2012-02-16 Thread William Lee
I was also going to admit my ignorance here...What does Ucc represent? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/YKOIK4DwmmgJ. To post to this group, sen

[neonixie-l] A-108 Dekatron circuits?

2012-02-02 Thread William Lee
Hi all- Besides the OG-4s I got in for threeneuron's great dekatron spinner kit, I also recently picked up a few A-108s. The extremely small size appealed to me for whatever reason. I've been perusing the VTA entry on them, and see that they count base 5 instead of 10, but was wondering if a

[neonixie-l] Re: FS: Shameless Plug Time - Dekatron Spinner Kits

2012-02-01 Thread William Lee
I finally got my OG-4s in today from across the pond! w00t! I'll be soldering together my kit as soon as I have time and will report back my results. In case you can't tell, I'm very excited, as I haven't done anything dekatron related yet (unless you count buying a few A101s that are still

[neonixie-l] Current preferred VFD drivers

2011-11-29 Thread William Lee
Hi all- Another beginner question on building numitron clocks...Is there a DIP driver IC that people would recommend these days that is relatively inexpensive and still in production? I have seen the Supertex HV5812 mentioned in my travels, but the Allegro and other obsolete items appear rel

[neonixie-l] Questions on IN-1 nixies

2011-11-22 Thread William Lee
Hi all- I have recently been accumulating a small number of different nixie tubes for eventual use in clocks and whatever other imaginative uses I can come up with. Some of the ones I picked up are IN-1s. From what I can gather, sockets are very difficult to come by for these. Does anyone

[neonixie-l] Question on Arduinix and INS-1

2011-11-21 Thread William Lee
Hi all- This is my first posting to the group. I'm still relatively new to electronics and to the wonderful world of Nixies. I've built a couple of Nixie clocks from kits and stuff like the Ogi Lumen and Arduinix platform. I'm looking forward to eventually building my own clock from scratch,