Yes of course your correct. Except for the complete revolution bit, you can buy commercial clocks that have an inverted pendulum, that said the pendulum doesnt swing under gravity its driven at a high enough frequency to eliminate flicker.
I have modded the code for my clock so that now it works just like a single tube nixie clock, it shows one number for 2 swings and then the next, leaving a gap on the last number to show the start of the time. It doesnt do what I first wanted, but it does make an interesting display. Dont think it'll catch on though. On Apr 28, 2:22 am, threeneurons <[email protected]> wrote: > I made a propeller Xmas display, a few years back. A major limiting factor > is your eyeballs. My display rotates somewhere between 250 to 400 rpm. This > limitation is due mostly to wind resistance. The motor free runs ~1800rpm. > At that rate, it still forms an acceptable display. It falls apart if it > gets too much slower. There really isn't anyway around it unless you > re-engineer human eyeballs. You're just gonna half to swing it back-n-forth > faster. > > That's maybe why, those you've have done it, just stick to complete > revolutions. It just makes it easier. > > > > On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 4:07:07 PM UTC-7, dr pepper wrote: > > > ...unfortunately its naff, you cant read the display without squinting, it > > swings just > > too slow, unless one of you guys has any ideas I think this one can > > be > > shelved. > > > Pic: > >http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy352/widgidibbie/AFS.jpg- Hide quoted > >text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
