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 Nov 6, 3:17 am, Adam Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never played with pixies before, but at first glance, they look like 10 > individual neons wired with a common cathode. This arrangement is reverse to > how a Nixie is wired (10 cathodes, common anode) so you will need a little > bit of inventiveness to convert existing Nixie solutions to a Pixie > solution. What is your level of electronics & programming background? You > say you have completed 4 clock kits, then you must have learned something > from that experience.. Can you program? I think that this is an excellent > opportunity for you to design your first clock. There are lots of people > here who will help with every part of the project. > > -AdamOn Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:38 PM, dwaksu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because i am became a happy owner of four valvo Z550M/ZM1050, i wish > > to ask if anyone went thru building a clock based on this nixies. I am > > very beginner at this area, to this moment i finish 4 clock kits ;). > > But i am not feeling convinient to project something on my own. So if > > enyone have some kind of diagram for this nixies, and feeling to > > share it i will be more than happy. Is there posibility to use them > > with smart nixie. BR > > > -- > > 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]<neonixie-l%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. -- 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.
