Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Z550M/ZM1050 clock project ?

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Jacobs
This is all very interesting to me, I'll have to add "Device with Pixie Display" to the bottom of my list of things to do. :D Does anyone have a back of the napkin schematic for lighting one of these tubes? On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Ronald wrote: > That will however strongly reduce the lif

[neonixie-l] Re: Z550M/ZM1050 clock project ?

2010-11-07 Thread Ronald
That will however strongly reduce the life of these tubes since the starters were not designed to carry the operating current Ronald On 7 nov, 03:50, "A.J. Franzman" wrote: > > True, they were made to be controlled by 5V logic just as decribed > there. However, they in fact can be operated as a

[neonixie-l] Re: Z550M/ZM1050 clock project ?

2010-11-06 Thread A.J. Franzman
On Nov 6, 12:36 am, Ronald wrote: > The Z550M/ZM1050 tubes cannot be driven as ten individual > neon tubes. The tube was especially designed to be driven from > a 5V low voltage logic output. If you want to learn more about these > tubes read my page on how they were invented and > developed:ht

[neonixie-l] Re: Z550M/ZM1050 clock project ?

2010-11-06 Thread Ronald
The Z550M/ZM1050 tubes cannot be driven as ten individual neon tubes. The tube was especially designed to be driven from a 5V low voltage logic output. If you want to learn more about these tubes read my page on how they were invented and developed: http://dos4ever.com/Z550M/Z550M.html#ZM550 On N