Dear group, I'm very new to electronics and designing my first clock circuit now (four digits) which is composed around an Arduino driving two shift registers (74HC595) which are driving four 74141's that drive the nixies. I basically copied the designs available on ogilumen.com if you are at all familiar with them. It works nicely on my breadbord.
>From reading these groups I've stumbled upon this multiplexed design: http://i46.tinypic.com/2saghhe.jpg I don't need to do any of the fancy stuff with the special clock chip, but what I am wondering is why a multiplexed design should NOT be my first starting point? I can get rid of the shift registers completely, cut down to only one Arduino driven 74141 and all I need to substitute are anode transistors again triggered by the Arduino. I would love to hear the advice of the group. The tubes I am using are IN-8's where have "pulsed" specifications, so I'm assuming they are designed to be multiplexed. Thank you in advance. It is very much appreciated. Steve P.S. The original multiplex post was: http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l/browse_thread/thread/32dad129595f4957 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
