Yep, I'm with Bill here, It's great to do this stuff on your own, but really the only way to beat the tayloredge PSU is with either crazy output power or crazy efficiency, and even then 64mA @ 180V and 80% is more than most people need.
On Apr 4, 2:52 pm, Bill Esposito <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is, Taylor Electronics has already beat you to it. I mat be > missing something, but Taylor's HVPSs seem to be the same size but more > powerful and cheaper than the one you've put together > (http://www.tayloredge.com/storefront/SmartNixie/index.html). That's not to > say your power supply isn't an achievement to be proud of, and I think most > of us support showing off neat projects like this to the group. > Unfortunately, I think you'll find that as a marketable product, there are > several supplies out there which are a better buy than the one you've put > together. Of course, none of us build these things because we're looking to > save money, we build them because it's fun! > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM, jason greskoviak > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi everybody, > > > I thought you guys might actually be interested in something like > > this. I not only built this for myself and my project, i thought there > > might be others out there that would like an all smt solution in a > > small prototype friendly solution. This is actually the first place a > > came to show it off/offer it because i think you guys are really great > > and have helped me out alot. This was kind of like first dibbs, before > > i try selling them outside of our community. I hope i haven't offended > > anyone, as i have seen others sell their fabulous works of art here as > > well. > > > Cheers, > > > Jason > > > On Mar 29, 1:57 pm, jason greskoviak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello All > > > I have just finished my nixie tube power supply. This power supply is > > > intended to run 1 tube (or maybe more) for my single tube clock project. > > > This supply has several interesting features, it has a PWMabble 5v enable > > > input and comes in several options. you can get 100v to 150v, 150v to > > 200v > > > and 180v. It COULD be customized to a specific voltage(1 > > > resistor determines the output so its as close as i can get to the > > > resistance). The PCB is made in the USA, and i am assembling them myself. > > If > > > there is a large interest i can start making more on demand. there is a 3 > > > week lead time on the boards, but these baby's are high quality. the > > board > > > measures roughly 1.6 x 1.6 inches. it ca be mounted horizontal or > > > vertical.It can easily be put in a breadboard. I designed this to drive a > > > In-8 tube. If someone would like to evaluate this and do a detailed write > > up > > > on the tubes tested, that would be great. This is currently a revision B > > > prototype run, production units would start after there was enough > > interest > > > in them. The board maker would require me to order a 150 square inches of > > > board at about 1.30 cents a square inch. The boards would have purple > > > soldermask like the one pictured above. So, somewhere in the range of > > 40-50 > > > boards to start. I haven't performed any current limit test as of yet, > > but > > > you have a 24.9k output resistor. 180v/24.9k is 7.2 ma. > > > > Asking price is going to start at 35.00 plus whatever shipping you > > prefer. > > > > Jason Greskoviak > > > Gresko Industries > > > > Gi-HVNPS.JPG > > > 546KViewDownload > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
