"Seems silly to me to save a few dollars by multiplexing when the tubes are so costly." My thoughts exactly!
On Friday, September 5, 2014 12:10:27 PM UTC-7, gregebert wrote: > > Yep, thought so, sir Nick. Seems a shame to drive these beauties any any >> other way than direct drive. >> > > Judging by the photos on Ebay, which show rather dim digits, I would guess > the tubes are multiplexed at their rated-current, which reduces brightness > vs direct-drive. > I definitely would *not* boost the current to compensate for this; much > safer to make a new clock with direct-drive. > > Seems silly to me to save a few dollars by multiplexing when the tubes are > so costly. > > > 3500 euros.....definitely not in my budget even if I were to sell the > other 6 tubes and attempt to justify it as a wedding-anniversary gift > -- 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/4ff2e672-2987-48cd-b396-c47e728ded79%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
