Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-22 Thread Rick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2011 8:52 AM, Adam Jacobs wrote: > Oops (red face of shame)... I accidentally linked the .05" pitch version, > you're > right. > Here is the .1" version (63cents): > > http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/ADAM-TECH/PLCC-28-AT-SMT/?qs=sGAEpiMZZ

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-22 Thread JohnK
Ball Grid Arrays don't have to be useless for home . If time isn't an issue and money is or it is just some fun,,, [or it is only avail BGA etc] just flip the pack and glue it down. Treat it like COB [chip-on-board] and wire each dot with solder-thru enammeled copper wire. Mount on vector or a

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-22 Thread Rick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/22/2011 10:29 PM, JohnK wrote: > > Ball Grid Arrays don't have to be useless for home . If time isn't an issue > and > money is or it is just some fun,,, [or it is only avail BGA etc] just flip the > pack and glue it down. Treat it like COB [chi

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-23 Thread JohnK
Yes. You know that Australian EEVBlog? http://www.eevblog.com/ See that version with BIG wires. http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://koti.mbnet.fi/jahonen/Electronics/Stuff/BGA_rework.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php%3Ftopic%3D461.0&usg=__62GBEN7tbEoN45gP05ii1P950lo=&

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-23 Thread JohnK
Oops ! Sry bout that- here is the link. http://koti.mbnet.fi/jahonen/Electronics/Stuff/BGA_rework.jpg jk - Original Message - From: "JohnK" clip See that version with BIG wires. ...clip -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonix

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-23 Thread jb-electronics
Hey that is some nice wiring :-) Reminds me of my CMOS-only text ticker display ;-) http://www.jb-electronics.de/images/elektronik/digital/d_lauf3/bild4.jpg Jens Am 23.02.2011 13:00, schrieb JohnK: Oops ! Sry bout that- here is the link. http://koti.mbnet.fi/jahonen/Electronics/Stuff/BGA_rew

Re: [neonixie-l] Sockets (was Modern Nixie tube drivers)

2011-02-23 Thread David Forbes
I've used these and they work fine - problem is, not much I'm interested in is available in PLCC. Picked up a bunch of obsolete Xilinx CPLDs in a PLCC44 package but they're really not good for much. And all modern FPGAs and a lot of the more advanced processors are in BGA format which is hopeles