Actually, there's a Microchip app note, that describes the very same technique. Personally, I don't like using it. I have a lot of respect for Mike Harrison. He's a real sharp guy, and I'm really thankful for his website ! As Nick mentioned, this is a really old design, and Mike just probably whipped it up, quickly. He probably never imagined that nixie tubes would become as big as a fad, as they are. He might have designed it differently, had he known that more people, than just other geeky engineering types, would be trying to build it. I got into the nixies, in the summer of 2003, and the hobby (and this clock design) had already been in existence a few years. Who knew, it would have this staying power !?
On Monday, March 17, 2014 1:11:15 AM UTC-7, petehand wrote: > > On Sunday, March 16, 2014 10:41:54 PM UTC-7, threeneurons wrote: >> >> This circuit uses high value resistor, and *lets the 4013's static >> protection, clamp the voltage*. >> > > Surely you cannot be serious! > > Haha, threeneurons, you had me there. For a moment I actually believed > someone might be ignorant enough to do it that way. > -- 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/ddc43692-f932-4207-9ac9-baec82f4c84e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
