> Has anyone used discrete bulbs, illuminated tubing, etc to create large > digits that look like a large nixie tube ? > Yes, I know it's a form of blasphemy, but I'm highly doubtful anyone could > make a true nixie tube with 10- or 15-inch > symbols. > > For my next project I'm thinking of using a bunch of NE-2 bulbs arranged to > form digits. Definitely NOT 7-segment > or 14/16-segment, 5x7 matrix, LED/LCD screen, CRT, etc. It really needs to be > neon.
That's what they used for the people counter at Evoluon - giant nixies made of neon tubing: http://www.dse.nl/~evoluon/evoluon-nixie.jpg I'm tempted to do something like that myself, but on the 10-15 inch scale you describe. - John -- 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/0D9BBA18-EACD-4323-8C87-027D02E87AFC%40mac.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
