I think from the datasheet, http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/tpic6b595.pdf , it looks like the max is 50 volts. Good for vfd's. :) only my guess though
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2012, at 6:18 PM, William Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all- > > I had a question on driving nixies using something other than 74141s. Would > any driver that can sink higher currents work ok? Am I right in assuming I > can use a driver that sinks with nixies because the cathodes are connected to > ground when not floating? > > For example, would this one work to use as a shift register? I realize I > won't need one for my current project that already has 74141s wired into the > circuit, but was thinking ahead to building a clock from scratch. > > "Add a bunch of high-power outputs to a microcontroller system with chainable > shift registers. These chips take a serial input (SPI) of 1 byte (8 bits) and > then output those digital bits onto 8 pins. You can chain them together so > putting three in a row with the serial output of one plugged into the serial > input of another to make 3 x 8 = 24 digital outputs. You can chain pretty > much as many as you want. This makes it easy to control a lot of outputs like > LEDs from only 3 digital microcontroller pins. > > This item contains one TPIC6B595 chip! These chips similarly to the more well > known 7HC595s but they are high power drains, able to sink 150mA per pin." > > https://www.adafruit.com/products/457 > > As always thanks to the list for your advice and info. > > -Dylan > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/GyQxhBmCTPQJ. > 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.
