Thanks. I ordered an A101 because I figured I should start out with what you were using in your video. I also ordered an A103 because, you know, purple! So all I need now is a few of your kits for the little project I have in mind.
On Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 5:37:07 PM UTC-4, threeneurons wrote: > > > On Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 1:30:39 PM UTC-7, Paul Andrews wrote: >> >> Will this work with OG-7? How will I socket it? >> > > The OG-7 is a high speed tube. It has the OG-4 pin out. If you think of > the the OG-4 as being a Russian 6802, the OG-7 is the Russian 6909. > > I specifically made this kit for orange neon tubes. Those are the best > behaved. And the Russian A101 (in my experience) is the most forgiving, and > reliable dekatron ever ! That's compare to everything, both from the West > and Communist Block. The next best, in my opinion, is the 6802, followed by > the rest of the orange/neon 2-guide tubes. The little GC10/2P and 6879 > being the pickiest, of the orange tubes. But by far, all the orange/neon > 2-guide tubes are the friendliest of all dekatrons. > > High speeds, in general, are a pain is [backside] ! Most need a higher > voltage, and current, which may be too much for the supply provided on this > board. To make it work, the on-board supply may need to be bypassed, and a > more traditional boost supply used, tapped off of Vin (see DC power jack of > the Arduino). Vin needs to be more than 9V, then. I recommend against any > "high speed" (OG-3, OG-7, OG-8, A102, A103, 6909, 6910, DK23, GC10D ...) > with this kit. > > The board only has the A101 socket. To use other tubes (orange only), > there is the connector J1, which has the 5 requisite signals, arranged in > the same pinout, that I've used since my first clock kit, and earlier. > -- 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/3407c07a-361a-45b6-89ae-e36ccce372f9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
