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

2012-02-17 Thread Frank Bemelman
Apparatus. As if the power supply was only suitable to power tubes with anodes and plates. Cheers, Frank From: JohnK Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:06 AM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit Ucc is a common term for supply voltage

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

2012-02-16 Thread jb-electronics
Yes, a very low pressure and a low voltage make digits very fuzzy. See here a broken GR-414 in a 2%Ar98%Ne mixture @ 300V: http://www.nixie.jb-electronics.de/img/2012-01-24/glow_2.jpg Jens The purple, pinkish or peachy haze comes from the different additional gases and the mercury inside the

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

2012-02-16 Thread Frank Bemelman
Ucc? Is that a new invention? Cheers, Frank -Oorspronkelijk bericht- From: Dieter Waechter Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:42 AM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit The purple, pinkish or peachy haze comes from

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, send

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

2012-02-16 Thread Frank Bemelman
I first wanted to reply with “... or Uha is too high”. Cheers, Frank From: William Lee Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:44 PM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit I was also going to admit my ignorance here...What does Ucc represent

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

2012-02-16 Thread Lucky
Don't know who is worse here. Dieter for first stating 'Ucc' (I think maybe we are talking Vcc?) Regardless Ucc had been taken to mean something cold cathode voltage Have you not bothered to read the entire thread? Me for repeating the same (or maybe just being naive) Or 3 useless replies 2

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

2012-02-16 Thread Lucky
Don't know who is worse here. Dieter for first stating 'Ucc' (I think maybe we are talking Vcc?) Regardless Ucc had been taken to mean something cold cathode voltage Have you not bothered to read the entire thread? Me for repeating the same (or maybe just being naive) Or 3 useless replies 2 of

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

2012-02-16 Thread Frank Bemelman
to smile From: Lucky Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:31 PM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit Don't know who is worse here. Dieter for first stating 'Ucc' (I think maybe we are talking Vcc?) Regardless Ucc had been

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

2012-02-16 Thread Frank Bemelman
] Question on haze around nixie digit Don't know who is worse here. Dieter for first stating 'Ucc' (I think maybe we are talking Vcc?) Regardless Ucc had been taken to mean something cold cathode voltage Have you not bothered to read the entire thread? Me for repeating the same (or maybe just being

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

2012-02-16 Thread Dieter Waechter
Ucc? Is that a new invention? Cheers, Frank Hi Frank, yes. Dieter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

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

2012-02-16 Thread John Rehwinkel
Anyone have a favorite microprocessor for driving the 24 74141 inputs on this sucker?I'm considering taking advantage of this project to do my first tutorial on shift registers using the 74HC595 with an Arduino, but am not opposed to directly controlling them all individually with a IC

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

2012-02-16 Thread Dieter Waechter
Thanks Dave, ;-) No problem, I'm far above any childish comments. I forgot the U is not so well known at Neonixie. U = the formula symbol according to DIN 1304 for the Voltage. Dieter Don't know who is worse here. Dieter for first stating 'Ucc' (I think maybe we are talking Vcc?)

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

2012-02-16 Thread David Forbes
On 2/16/12 9:27 AM, Dieter Waechter wrote: I forgot the U is not so well known at Neonixie. U = the formula symbol according to DIN 1304 for the Voltage. Dieter I only know that U means voltage because I work on a fine German telescope. -- David Forbes, Tucson AZ -- You received this message

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

2012-02-16 Thread John Rehwinkel
Ucc = Ukk = Voc = Uclamp = cold cathode voltage = off cathode voltage (kk = kalte kathode (German)). I had remembered that U was used for voltage in Europe (and B in Russia), but I was a little confused by cold cathode, as all nixie cathodes are cold. I had surmised that it was off cathode,

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

2012-02-16 Thread Dieter Waechter
The voltage measured from GND to the switched off cathodes. At dircet drive, the Ukk is equal to Ua (Ua = Va = Up = Vp = Anode voltage = Supply voltage = Plate voltage) Not necessarily - if you're direct driving them with 74141 chips, Ucc would be about 60 volts, and with K155ID1 chips, about

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

2012-02-15 Thread JohnK
Distasio To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:36 AM Subject: [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit Hi all- Just wanted to tap the brains of the nixie experts on the list. A while ago, I bought one of these contraptions on eBay to turn

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

2012-02-15 Thread David Forbes
On 2/15/12 6:06 PM, Dylan Distasio wrote: Hi all- I am using a 50mA PS for the HV piece. Anyways, everything is working great but I notice what I would describe as a kind of light haze around the digits. The digit itself doesn't look like it is flickering but the haze looks like it is. I've

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

2012-02-15 Thread Dieter Waechter
The purple, pinkish or peachy haze comes from the different additional gases and the mercury inside the tube. You may find out from the spectrum (in some cases) what mixture is in the tube. Second, the lower the Ucc (cold cathode voltage) the higher the haze. And the more blurred the glow. IN