Actually that is exactly what I am doing. I have 3 anode control circuits, each controlling 2 nixies. I am doing this because I lack digital I/O pins. Should I then change my design to one anode resistor per tube? I would still have only 3 anode drivers..
On Mar 16, 8:40 pm, John Rehwinkel <[email protected]> wrote: > > And I have to clear out that I have a common anode resistor for 2 > > tubes, making a total of 3 anode resistors for all 6 tubes. > > It seems to me that would only work if you only selected a cathode for one > tube at a time. Otherwise (if you tried to light both tubes at once), only > one tube would light, pulling the > anode end of the resistor down to the maintaining voltage, which would be > insufficient > to light the second tube (because it is now below the striking voltage). > > - John -- 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.
