Yes, it should work perfectly in that application with a CMOS gate. I would not try it with a TTL gate though, as it relies on the output going to the 5V rail to turn the transistor off and bipolar can't get up there. To use TTL you would need to add pullup resistors to 5V on the gate outputs.
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 1:34:54 AM UTC-7, Dekatron42 wrote: > > Pete, will the cascode circuit work properly as a cathode driver if you > use for instance a 74HCT42 or a 74HCT138 to drive the transistor (they both > have inverted outputs going low when selected), using the collector of the > transistor to drive the cathode of a Nixie? > > /Martin > -- 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/941d96b2-c032-4c66-b9e3-75404e5482e1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
