I finished the first clock and have started on the second. A youtube video of the clock in operation is at http://youtu.be/pK276xZWyo4 I borrowed heavily from http://959radio.co.uk/dekatron.html but mine runs on 120v 60Hz instead of 220v 50Hz and I use MOSFETs for interstage coupling instead of 12AT7 tubes.
On Sunday, February 9, 2014 6:37:22 PM UTC-5, Mike Mitchell wrote: > > I'm thinking about building a clock using Dekatrons as the counting logic. > It looks like A101 dekatrons are fairly easy to find, but I cannot locate > socket for them. > I'll probably use QS30-1 nixies as an alternate display. They use B13B > sockets, so a dekatron that also uses the B13B socket would be more > visually appealing. > I'd like to find a small-height dekatron to match the QS30-1 profile, > something like the Z504S, ZM1070, or 8433. > Does anyone have a good source for low-height selector dekatrons with a > B13B base? > > Each clock will need eight dekatrons, and I plan on building two clocks. > The finished product will have two rows of seven tubes, the first 6 in the > top row nixies and the rest dekatrons. The left-most top row will be a > dekatron showing tenths of seconds. Under each nixie tube will be the > dekatron for that digit. > > Thanks! > -- 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/945cdc11-02ea-4d25-838b-1bc5354c3443%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
