Adam, thanks for the reply, much appreciated. As to driving the nixies, I feel I'm missing something - David suggested the SN75468 transistor array, which I have seen mention of elsewhere in reference to Nixies - but its rated at 100v, less than that required by the tubes. Implying that the 'off' cathodes need to be held at eg 80-100v somehow, rather than 0v? If so, is that just an issue of this particular driver; or the 'right' way to drive them whichever transistors are used?
Interesting you mentioned the VFD tubes - I'm now getting ahead of myself and thinking of making a few of these (having seen the variable vulgarity and bonus 8-letter expletives, everyone wants one...), so am looking for other display alternatives and have just ordered some IV-4s, which I see a couple of other folks have also made FLWs from (although am as yet clueless as to how to generate the required voltage). Any other ideas for readily-available display solutions? I'd love to make a split-flap version, but they certainly don't seem readily-available :| -- 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/-/pWXn3qySAW8J. 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.
