I think I'll stick to the nixies, and neon bulbs for now. I bought some IV-17s without any forethought, and those are a whole other animal. If anyone wants them, they can have them cheap.
Thanks for all the help! Shane On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:29 PM, threeneurons <[email protected]>wrote: > | Are the voltage requirements similar to a nixie tube? > | I understand how they work, and i want to play around with > | some, but I don't want to start messing with something > | that is that much different. > | > | Thanks > | Shane > > Dekatrons need a lot higher voltage, but a lot less current. There are > two common gas types used, which effects voltage. (1) High speed gas > mix. The Russian high speeds (OG3), glow a faint purple, and need at > least 420V to work. My opinion is to avoid the high speed dekatrons, > since they tend not to live long. They also need a higher current > 0.6mA to 2mA. (2) Standard speed dekatrons, which glow a bright neon > orange. The common Russian types are the OG4 & A101. They only need a > 380V supply, and use only about 0.3mA to 0.6mA. > > Dekatrons are cool, because they are a whole (divide-by-10) counting > function, in a single tube, plus it also displays the results, by the > glow position. This is done solely by the geometry of the internal > metal bits, with a little ionize gas. Its elegantly simple and > beautiful. None of brute force methods of modern ICs, by just stuffing > a gazillion transistors on a slab of silicon. > > Again look in my Skydrive: > > https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=F9DB37B8211CE831 > > Go to the 'Electronics Projects' Folder, and look in the 'Dekatron > Projects' sub folder. Have fun. > > Here are videos of dekatrons in operation: > > http://www.dailymotion.com/user/threeneurons/1 > > Some even driven by those insidious microcontrollers ! > > -- > 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.
