Only my savings account! On 2011 May 12, at 23:32 , jb-electronics wrote:
> >> I have about 50x b7971 tubes now, waiting patiently for some things to put >> them into. :) > > Whoa, who did you kill for these? > > Jens > >> Sent from my iPad 2 3G >> >> On May 12, 2011, at 4:04, coggs<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> (I guess there’s no harm cross-posting this stuff to both neonixie-l >>> and cogwheel-nixie-system groups) >>> >>> Regarding Caller ID, one could go to a pure hardware solution and >>> solder chips, but my tendency would be to use a PC, an off-the-shelf >>> USB modem dongle and a little Perl script to monitor the modem for the >>> Caller ID and get it to the display. >>> >>> The demo video was done using a very small Perl script, BTW. But any >>> programming language w/access to the peripherals would work just as >>> well. >>> >>> Regarding more than 8 tubes, you would just need to build two B7971x8s >>> systems and communicate with both of them independently through two >>> virtual serial ports. The scroll shifting would probably work w/o any >>> modification to the display driver board firmware. >>> >>> You are lucky you if you have 16 B7971s; They might fetch over $1500 >>> in today's market. >>> >>> ..c >>> >>> On May 11, 7:50 pm, Wayne de Geere III<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I'm thinking your B7971x8 display support landline caller ID functions. >>>> Just wanted to put that out there as an interesting function, especially >>>> for a display with support for 7+ numbers/characters. Caller ID and call >>>> waiting caller ID is part of the ADSI spec, it's basically a Bell 202 >>>> (simplex) modem burst of data. >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Display_Services_Interface >>>> >>>> http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/docs.cgi?ID=SEARCH&DOC.... >>>> >>>> There's probably a chip out there that grabs it (through an optocoupler or >>>> optoisolator) and delivers TTL level ASCII out the back end. >>>> >>>> I'd like a longer than 8 tube device, personally, but 8 would be great, >>>> especially if the data scrolled. >>> -- >>> 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. > -- 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.
