Thanks! The tube does not have a high lifespan: I used ordinary Dumet
wire for the digits as well (convenience) and this sputters nicely;
also, air is not the most ideal gas for discharge tubes, although it
does look very nice (much nicer than I ever thought).
I briefly thought about making some more of these (maybe 10) and build
them into a binary clock or something ;-) But driving them is not
practical because they do need 550V DC to strike.
Jens
Nice!
So when are you ready to take orders? ;)
/Martin
On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:56:02 PM UTC+2, Jens Boos wrote:
Hi folks,
I did it: I have just built my first two-digit Nixie tube! I call her
"NX-LS-1".
She contains the digits 0 and 1 as well as a zig-zag anode.
Filling is
(as usual) air at 15mbar. I will have my needle valve shortly, then I
will be able to do some neon thingies.
See some pictures here:
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_1.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_1.jpg>
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_2.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_2.jpg>
The digits glow in a nice purple, but my camera has a hard time to
grasp
the color. The truth is somewhat in between the very purple and very
blue color in the following pictures:
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_3.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_3.jpg>
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_4.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_4.jpg>
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_5.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_5.jpg>
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_6.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_6.jpg>
http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_7.jpg
<http://www.jb-electronics.de/tmp/nx-ls-1_7.jpg>
Jens
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