I imagine the blue LEDs are drawing a good hunk of that current. Disable those and you'd have more impressive run times.
On May 2, 11:28 pm, Michel <[email protected]> wrote: > I wanted to try this out for quite a while but didn't have a spare > module available to actually try this out. It might sound an > impossible thing to do but yes, it can actually work! A nixie watch > running on a 3V CR1216 battery. The tubes are obviously not very > bright, but it is clear the whole circuit runs, keeps time and can > display this on nixie tubes. > > Total power consumed by the circuit is about 13.5mW (2.4V @ 5.6mA); > tube voltage is 125V average and current approximately 30uA > (calculated) per tube. Close to nothing, but obviously just enough to > display the digits. > > I shot a short video that I uploaded to youtube. For some reason the > aspect ratio is a bit screwed up, but that is a minor > detail.http://youtu.be/-r2oderqCOw > > Michel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
