Availability of nixies is a pretty dominant consideration for this kind of design IMHO. When I was building the 42 tube clock (video here: * http://youtu.be/4FnxWsp58EM* <http://youtu.be/4FnxWsp58EM>), I thought about this bit for quite some time. There really wasn't anything to touch the availability and $/tube of IN-12 (unfortunately). IN-17 are really pretty small and I always find the display rather fuzzy and indistinct. Plus they're leaded, which gives a maintenance disadvantage on a tightly packed 2D display field. The simplicity of just plugging in a replacement IN-12 is pretty unbeatable. I believe I have one clock kit left, in case anyone's interested... :) Jon. On Saturday, July 21, 2012 1:57:49 AM UTC+1, Erick Anderson wrote:
> I've been toying with the idea of building a Nixie Sudoku like the one > posted on Trashbear Labs. I don't know whether I can use some other tube > instead of the IN-12's shown. I've never been a fan of the 5 made from an > inverted 2. Looking at Dieter's database I can see that there are a number > of tubes (e.g. ZM1180) of similar size and with a similar-looking pin > arrangement on the bottom, but I don't know if they're similar enough to > use the same socket. The other problem is finding an alternate tube in > sufficient quantity to build the thing. > > Alternately I could try to adapt the design to use the smaller IN-17 tube > since that one has a proper 5. I've never done any PCB design before so > that would be a challenge. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/CViWwnKLWDkJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
