Thyratrons are quite smart in that way that when you have triggered them they stay on until you remove the power or pulse them to extinguish them. This means that any driver logic just has to drive them the instant that you want to display something, after that the driving logic can hibernate or even switch off, the display will still show the last information until switched off. The Thyratron design can probably be made more robust than Nixies and Numitrons and might also consume less power which makes them interresting in a lot of applications. /Martin
On Monday, December 17, 2012 3:55:16 AM UTC+1, Joseph Bento wrote: > That's the thyratron based 7-segment display? I have a set I purchased > years ago from a US seller, and am still researching a suitable driver to > build a clock. > > I don't understand the practicality of such a display, or why the Russians > developed this. Nixie and numitrons were already very mature at the time > these were made. > > Joe > > > On Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:10:03 AM UTC-7, Jonathan wrote: > >> As the title suggests, I'd love to buy some of those tubes. Dang john >> for linking to those tubes, they were just so cool I want some! >> >> Jonathan >> www.madlabs.info >> > -- 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/-/5UBPn-kXh00J. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
