Responding to an old post here... On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Quixotic Nixotic <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Tube 1 flashes once then pauses. It flashes once again and pauses etc. So > you know you are adjusting tube 1. User presses button A until user's tube > shows a 1. User presses button B to move on to cathode 2. > > Tube 1 flashes twice then pauses. Then repeats blink-blink-off. User > adjusts button A until the tube shows a 2. > > ... and so on. Up to 9 flashes and user adjusting until a 9 is seen. Then > it moves on to tube 2. > > I like that method. A lot of button pressing, but without adding a knob, I don't know that that can be avoided. One addition I would make is that once any tube is set, in addition to the flashing X times to indicate you're setting cathode X, just display that number in the tube(s) that have been set. It might be a pain to count the flashes but at least you'd only have to do it once. > I guess for simplicity I could assume people are using the same tube for > both tubes, thus assigning one tube does the assignments for both tubes or > all tubes, if I extend this idea to 4 or 6 tube drivers. > > My suggestion here is a simple "hold down button for 2 seconds when starting a new tube to indicate it should be the same as the previous one, or hold them both down to make all the rest the same in one shot". If adding a knob with positions 0-9, I could envision an easier process (a couple different ones). 1. user presses button A to advance to the next digit to be set. A cathode lights. user turns knob to indicate what digit he sees and presses button A again (only one button needed) 2. User selects the digit he wants to view using the knob, then presses button A until the proper digit is lit. Button B is used to switch between tubes. -- 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.
