[neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-10 Thread vfdclock
I am trying to design a cheap NIXIE watch etc.,have checked a few exist design,and currently seems http://www.cathodecorner.com/nwl/nwld-mod-top.jpg looks not bad,and the circuit is easy for us to do.and I have few questions about the component if the guys who have already had the watch like thi

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-11 Thread JohnK
I think he described/discussed the waterproofing a while back - search the posts for it. John k - Original Message - From: vfdclock To: neonixie-l Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 6:09 PM Subject: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch... I am trying to design

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-11 Thread Michail1 via neonixie-l
Wireless charging would make it waterproof. Michail In a message dated 3/11/2016 3:00:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, yend...@internode.on.net writes: I think he described/discussed the waterproofing a while back - search the posts for it. John k -- You received this message becau

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-11 Thread David Forbes
I found solutions to those problems myself. You can find those solutions yourself. On 3/11/16 12:39 AM, vfdclock wrote: I am trying to design a cheap NIXIE watch etc.,have checked a few exist design,and currently seems http://www.cathodecorner.com/nwl/nwld-mod-top.jpg looks not bad,and the cir

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-11 Thread gregebert
There's no such thing as a 'cheap nixie watch'. It's a lot of work to design one that has long battery-life and reliability, and you will spend many, many hours perfecting the design of the DC-DC converter, board layout, and debugging. Even after 2 years of design work & debug, I found that mi

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-11 Thread Scott Davis
Hello: Another alternative to the photo sensor might be, if space permits, a reed relay. That was how the LED Pulsar watches did it. They had a little magnet the was stored "stuck" to a bit of the band metal. On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:05 AM, gregebert wrote: > There's no such thing as a 'c

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-11 Thread Dan Harboe Burer
..or an SMT mounted hall/magnetic sensor. I have seen some quite small ones at work. Dan From: Scott Davis Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 7:15 PM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch... Hello: Another alternative to the photo

Re: [neonixie-l] Have few questions about the NIXIE watch...

2016-03-18 Thread A_Nonamus
On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 9:05:51 AM UTC-8, gregebert wrote: > > Unfortunately, I rushed the final assembly on my watch-case, and one of > the battery charging-contacts is loose, so I cant recharge it. Oh yeah, the > case is glued shut so I have to cut apart the handmade plexiglass case that