Yes, the clamping voltage is a little too low - I've tried them. They do work but a bit too much haze from the other cathodes. You might get away with it using coloured tubes.
Tony. On Feb 17, 1:21 am, Dylan Distasio <[email protected]> wrote: > My bad, sorry I really should have checked the voltage before posting this! > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Spencer W <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
