That will be fine Ryan. Output voltage of the drivers should be high enough to prevent breakdown of the gas. You will be getting some leakage current though, placing the tube's operating point in the 'dark discharge' region.
Regards, Alex On Sep 1, 5:19 am, Ryan McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, my "clock" currently consists of a single tube being driven by a > K155ID1. It just counts 0 through 9 then blanks for a second as > well. The blanking is done by turning all cathodes off via 0000 at > the inputs to the K155ID1. I do not see any leakage or ghosting > during the blank. I am not planning on multiplexing. Is there some > other reason I should avoid blanking by turning off all cathodes? > Will I burn something up over the long run? > > -Ryan -- 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.
