It took me some time to answer, been quite busy with my work.
Still, thanks a lot for all your answers!
@Nick - nice suggestions, thanks for sharing the links.
@Alic - yes, it has to RPI, main reason for this is - I already bought it :)
@Tomasz Kowalczyk - thank you for all the information, indeed there are
IN-14 and IN-19 boards at OSH park. As for the remaining part of the answer
- lots of information to digest :) As I mentioned initially, I prefer to
use ready and available on the markets elements, but surely your answer is
inspiring ;)
Lots of information to process.
Any other recommendations and ideas will be much appreciated!
W dniu poniedziałek, 20 marca 2017 10:42:24 UTC+1 użytkownik okniew napisał:
>
> Hello everyone!
>
>
>
> I’m new to this group and this is my first post.
>
> I’m looking forward to design & build a particular project with Nixie
> display, but since I’m really not an expert and just starting, I would very
> much appreciate your help & feedback. I do have some specific questions (in
> the end), but if you look at project goal & design principles and think of
> better way to do things – please comment as well!
>
>
>
> *Project goals:*
>
> A Raspberry PI controlled Nixie display, with some additional LED
> indicators for weather conditions. Nixie display will be used to display
> the time or temperature or humidity, depending on settings.
>
> Main assumptions:
>
> 1. 6 lamps: IN-19V ("+"/"-"), 4 x IN-14 ("0" - "9" + 2 dots), IN-19A
> ("C"/"%")
>
> 2. Ability to control Nixie brightness (by Raspberry PI)
>
> 3. LED RGB back-light under each tube, with color & brightness controlled
> (by Raspberry PI)
>
>
> The look I want to achieve:
>
>
>
>
> *Design principles:*
>
> 1. As much as possible – use the components available on the market. I’d
> like to avoid designing PCBs, avoid designing custom circuits, minimize
> soldering, etc. I understand I’ll have to do those things to some extent,
> but being a newbie, I want to minimize room for failure or issues.
>
> 2. A single visible power supply for the whole thing, from 230V AC outlet,
> driving all 6 nixies (180V, 30mA), Raspberry (5V, 3A) and the LEDs.
>
> 3. All components should be ideally driven by Raspberry I2C bus interface,
> using which I could control separately: displayed value of each tube,
> brightness of each tube, color & brightness of each LED. I think this is
> the easiest and most versatile approach (but again – looking for
> confirmation / other suggestions)
>
>
>
> *Questions to start with:*
>
> 1. Are there any available to be purchased components, which you could
> recommend, fulfilling above design principles & goals? Right now, I have
> the Raspberry & the tubes, but nothing “in between” J
>
> 2. Do you think my idea of controlling all components via I2C bus is a
> good idea? I want to go for the easiest and most versatile approach.
>
> 3. Are there anywhere existing sockets for IN-14 / IN-19 tubes? Or will I
> have to solder to tubes to whatever components I select?
>
>
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
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