These work great. If anyone wants to try one, I have some extra PCBs I can sell.
On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 6:10:07 AM UTC-4, okniew wrote: > > I also found 1 more place having exactly what I was looking for, although > at a rather steep price.. > > https://switchmodedesign.com/collections/arduino-shields/products/smart-nixie-tube > > Have you ever had any experiences with those kits? > > 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! >> > -- 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/ba2c1403-2b3e-407e-9980-e991bc77f514%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
