On Feb 8, 10:07 am, marcin <[email protected]> wrote: > Why almost everybody concentrates on classic thermionic valves? > Trochotrons, dekatrons, including those which can directly drive > nixies or even humble trigger tubes look much more tempting to me.
Yes, I totally agree with that, but when you grow up in the FlipFlop age, it is a rather obvious choice. It is only since recently that I became aware of (non flipflop) ring counters and how they actually function. It is indeed a more efficient and less power consuming way to build a clock. I like that clock that uses neon bulbs as ring counters, and LDRs to turn on a specific digit in the nixie tube. Very interestingly, it uses two blue LEDs to keep it running properly during night time, which is exactly what I was planning to do for my nixie watch. After working out how those neon bulbs can function as a ring counter, I was convinced you could do something similar with diac diodes, so I played around with that for a while and although a bit critical, you can make it work. So a nixie clock using diacs can also be made I think. Michel -- 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.
