Good day,all.
I am a student who majoring in electronics and I am currently working on my first nixie clock which will be running with Arduino, using a 74141 nixie driver for the cathodes (common for 6 tubes) and multiplexing the anodes. See the following picture: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-81Tq1LwyxFw/WcoXxYjn8cI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Ji5TxK19cTwo494NslNn5glaLamjAh-XACLcBGAs/s1600/9.26.3.png> I am using a MPSA42 NPN transistor with the collector connected to +170VDC, the base driven by the Arduino output, and the emitter connects to the tube's anode. The problem is that the switching with the MPSA42 doesn't seem to work (doesn't turn ON). MPSA42 Datasheet <http://www.kynix.com/uploadfiles/pdf2286/MPSA42.pdf> However,such as this picture: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XmCX64HC6wc/WcoX6Ot9uII/AAAAAAAAAAo/Cd9oUBCzvqUQASjKXJ8Xn3FEyWF_4C4YgCLcBGAs/s1600/9.26.4.png> I saw some other design which used both MPSA42 and MPSA92 each of the six anodes like it.My questions: - l What might be the reason why the single MPSA42 configuration would not switch ON? - l Why would the other design add the MPSA92 and whats the logic behind using the MPSA42 + MPSA92 combination? PlePlease give me some help! Thank you in advance! -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/87ef7156-67f8-43cf-a264-60a81f38e8b6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
