Sorry for the late response but I'm afraid i can't follow you. I searched for high end nixie drivers but I couldn't find it (or I missed it). Can you explain what you wrote in an easy way? Thanks.
Il giorno mercoledì 22 giugno 2016 18:34:33 UTC+2, marta_kson ha scritto: > > > The schematic on taht link is CRAP! You will blow some components if You > try! > > It is imperative to have a resistor between the collector of NPN and base > of the PNP. Otherwise it will end up in a short circuit when the NPN > conducts. Google around for high end nixie drivers and You will find > correct schematics. > > Use one high end driver for all the tubes if You don't intend to multiplex > them. Each driver puts load on the HV and is bad. Releases heat and puts > extra strain on the HV-supply. The total current for 6 tubes and two small > neon bulbs will be well below the limit for the transistor. Select a > resistor at least two times what saturates the transistor according to > worst case on it's data cheet. If left unsaturated it will become quite hot > and break. > > Use a fairly low PWM frequency. Without mux 100Hz is more than enough. Too > high just makes the driver hot. > -- 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/b89d905d-9a68-4558-836e-6bc3e28dc680%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
