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

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