Intresting tubes. As far as I remember, they were made to be driven directly from CMOS (or even TTL) levels.
2015-02-10 23:43 GMT+03:00 gregebert <[email protected]>: > I found some information on the web by googling 'ITS1a thyratron'; they > appear to be a neon-phosphor hybrid. > There is a datasheet for one of the Ebay auctions; I cant read Russian but > the largest numbers are 5,000 and 10,000 so I think that would be an > upper-bound on the lifetime. > > The dominant emission is from the phosphor. Could be similar to the NE-2G > bulbs which have an interior white phosphor mixture yet they glow green. I > have a few of those bulbs but have not had a chance to life-test them. > > Although they look neat, I personally think they look too much like a > 7-segment green LED or VFD to justify the price, which is slightly higher > than IN-18's. Also, they dont appear to be as bright as nixies, which maybe > one reason why these tubes didn't get widespread usage. > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a0eed49e-bc19-4d2e-b5f5-b53131436af5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a0eed49e-bc19-4d2e-b5f5-b53131436af5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAGPbf0F8oENc81qJu-ibXdqcsZbhQ13FTCwsxcyfOoyZ6BVuLg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
