Yes, if you could manufacture new NL-4998 tubes that were only half the height of the original ones (12.5mm versus 25mm), you would end up with a tube that had great potential for wristwatch applications!
On Jan 29, 8:51 am, jb-electronics <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not think that it is possible to make much smaller Nixie tubes than > the NL-4998 which is basically the tiniest Nixie tube ever made. The > problem is the glow discharge, it is always larger than the cathode, and > you cannot make the cathodes too small because otherwise you wouldn't be > able to discriminate between the digits - it would be much too blurry. > > Panaplex displays are much more suited to these dimensions, sadly. ;-) > > Jens > > > > > > > > > I totally agree with that but I guess the old machinery no longer > > exists so it's going to cost quite a bit to setup a new production > > line for micro sized nixie tubes. I can't really see the micro nixie > > tubes being used in anything else but a retro style application, so > > the market for a tube like that will be very small. > > > On Jan 29, 6:57 am, kay486<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Id really like to see the finished watch! It would be really awesome > >> if somebody made new tubes using modern technology so they could have > >> much smaller digits, and being able to have them lit all the time, > >> just like normal digital watches. > > >> Cant wait to see your design. -- 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.
