+1 to John. I'm leaning towards no decoding or serial comms as that would limit applications more than solving a real problem.
Use oversized eyelets in the interface PCB at the tube's base to take the mechanical stress. Alex On Thursday, November 7, 2013 7:15:48 AM UTC, Dalibor wrote: > > Hello guys, > > as I was making the clock for the contest, I found that struggling > with 11 wires going from every nixie tube is pretty impractical. I > would like to develop a base that I will use for my tubes. Because I > am making tubes with "pinch" and not a flat glass bottom, it will look > like this: http://www.jb-electronics.de/html/elektronik/nixies/n_gr414.htm. > > I will make a PCB that will be attached to the bottom of the aluminum > or plastic socket, pins soldered into it.. > > There are two ways: > > - a common nixie layout like B13B. It looks authentically, would fit > into existing clocks/kits, but designing a board for it is not easy > and also finding right pins for making a socket takes some time.. > > - a 2x6 header pin that would fit into a standard 1/10 inch grid - > easy to get a female connectors to PCB, there is also a possibility to > fit the tube socket with some ICs (7442) so that only 6 pins would be > necessary to make. However this solution doesnt look much "vintage", > it is not authentical.. > > What way would You personally go? > > Thanks! > > PS: for those who havent seen the clock yet: > http://dalibor.farny.cz/introducing-shanghaitime-nixie-clock/ > > > -- > Dalibor Farny > http://dalibor.farny.cz > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/42c8e5c2-5670-450f-9fc8-ef63ce1e873c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
