Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-04 Thread David Forbes
Gideon, The wires are flexible. Don't worry about stressing the glass. On 12/4/2013 3:21 PM, Gideon Wackers wrote: I received my IV-11 tubes today and I was trying to put them on a board, a prototyping board. The best way to insert them (that I found) was the one in the attachment. But I

Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-04 Thread Adam Jacobs
Yep, exactly. I can take a picture of how I place them, but basically it ends up being a sort of square or rectangle. I leave about a centimeter of lead above the protoboard so that the tube can be gently twisted the right way. -Adam On 12/4/2013 2:26 PM, David Forbes wrote: Gideon, The

Re: [neonixie-l] How to get IV-11 VFD tubes properly aligned on protoboard

2013-12-04 Thread Gideon Wackers
Ok I'll see wether i can place them a bit higher as I was pushing them almost against the pcb. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to