Thanks for the chuckle...Kindergarten is good...When I first looked at it, I thought it was more of an orange, but I think that was because I was looking at it from a side angle (my workspace is a mess right now). When I spent some time looking at it head on, it definitely has a purplish tinge so I guess it is the mercury as David mentioned.
Anyone have a favorite microprocessor for driving the 24 74141 inputs on this sucker? I'm considering taking advantage of this project to do my first tutorial on shift registers using the 74HC595 with an Arduino, but am not opposed to directly controlling them all individually with a IC that has enough pins. On a completely different topic, does anyone have any interesting books they would recommend on any topic related to nixies, decatrons, or old school logic chips? I have been on an interlibrary loan kick to find some of the ones I can't find used or cheap. I just got Cold Cathode Glow Discharge Tubes that way, and am looking for other suggestions that might be worth tracking down. Best, Dylan On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:30 PM, JohnK <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > What colour haze? > > I imagine that you would have already mentioned if it is purple. > > However, if it IS purple, and it being sooo important to be recognised as > First around here seemingly :-)) , I want to be First THIS TIME to mention > Jimi !! > > John K. > > [PS. Background to the comment:- All this First and Inventing stuff > sounds sooo kindergarten - time to grow up methinks. I have a very high > regard for those who have succeeded in overcoming tremendous technical > difficulties in many of the devices and processes we hear about on this > Group.] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Dylan Distasio <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:36 AM > *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Question on haze around nixie digit > > Hi all- > > Just wanted to tap the brains of the nixie experts on the list. A while > ago, I bought one of these contraptions on eBay to turn into a clock * > http://tinyurl.com/78r73x8* > > I finally got around to wiring up the connectors last night. The unit > consists of 6 separate modules, each with their own 74141 chip and anode > resistor. I'm not sure of the R1 value offhand. > ...clip.... > > -- > 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.
