Me is said that the Russian K155XXx series has an aberrant (metric) pitch of
2,5mm instead of 0.1" (2,54mm) You have to consider that in your lay-out.

Btw., I have here a condensed pdf of the K155XXx series datasheets (not as
extended as Western ones).

eric 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Adam Jacobs
Sent: donderdag 1 maart 2012 16:06
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Alternative to MPSA42 for direct drive clocks.

The 74141 or K155ID1 will both work fine for cathode side blanking, provided
that your HV supply is a normal value (180vdc). If you are using something
very high, like 250v, then you're going to start running into the problem
that the 74141/K155ID1 are not able to extinguish the nixie. FYI, the
K155ID1 has somewhat different voltage characteristics than the 74141. I
understand that the 74141 can sink something like 60v, where the K155ID1 can
sink 100v.
I think that most nixies extinguish at about 135vdc or so.

-Adam

On 3/1/2012 6:52 AM, Ron Schuster wrote:
> Could you clarify something for me? Are you saying is that a 74141
> should not be used for cathode-side blanking? What about the  Russian
> K155ID1, which I assume has similar specs to the 74141?
>
> On Feb 28, 7:24 pm, David Forbes<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> On 2/28/12 4:48 PM, Deviantgeek wrote:
>>
>>> I was looking at the Supertex drivers, mainly the HV5522. Its 220v vs
>>> 300v, would that still work? I am driving 6 IN-18 tubes. I was also
>>> looking at the SN75468, and a few 50v drivers(TPIC6A596)which I think
>>> is too low... I will be building several clocks, and I want good,
>>> reliable, cheap drivers.
>>> (this is just for the cathodes)
>> The voltage required depends on what sort of control you plan to use,
>> and how many volts you apply to the anodes. The important thing to
>> remember is that if one cathode is lit, then the other cathodes don't
>> need more than 50V to turn them off. That's why the 74141 works with its
>> 55V Zener diode clamps on its outputs.
>>
>> If you want to display one or two cathodes in every tube at all times
>> (no blanking, but possibly fading between numbers), then a 50V driver is
>> barely sufficient. Or you can use an anode driver to blank the tube. I
>> use the TD62083 in my Nixie watch, and it works fine.
>>
>> If you want to blank the digit with the cathode, then a 100V driver
>> would be necessary and you'd need to use a power supply below 200V.
>>
>> If you want to blank the tube and use a>200V supply, then you need a
>> higher voltage cathode driver or an anode blanking circuit.
>>
>> I think most of the Supertex parts want 12V on their signal lines, so
>> they are not very easy to use since normal logic uses 5V levels.
>>
>> --
>> David Forbes, Tucson AZ

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