On Jul 18, 5:52 pm, Terry Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 18, 8:29 pm, threeneurons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Am I like stupid here !? I looked at the pinout from the eBay listing, > > and assuming its correct, you should really have no problem running > > this thing. > > The pinout is *NOT* correct. Many of the pins are N/C, and there's a > bunch of stuff tied together inside the envelope. Take a look at this > picture (both links are the same - the first is small and the second > is large) and note that only the left-most pin is bonded to a row grid > - the other rows are N/C on this side and bonded together on the other > side. > > http://www.tmk.com/transient/6F5S8172-s.jpg > http://www.tmk.com/transient/6F5S8172-l.jpg
Upon closer inspection of the photos, in the actual listing, It looks like all the grids are tied together. If that's true, then these are just expensive night lights. I asked him a question about 'dot matrix addressing'. Lets see how he answers. If he answers. If he gives us a load of bull, then I'd just avoid him, and buy from some other Eastern European. -- 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.
