Does the IN-17 have an upside down 2 as a 5? Could you lay your hands on a B5991 instead?
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 10:46 PM, Robert L <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK... I think I know what I want to do. A clock! Go figure... > > Probably just hours and minutes with the 7011 tubes as hours and smaller > tubes such as Z5600M or B-6091 for minutes. > > > > As Paul A. suggests above, with hours on the 7011 tubes, only 05:xx and 06:xx > are missing digits. I'd include a smaller IN-17 or such tucked in to the side > of the one 7011 to fill in the missing 5 and 6 digits. The IN-17 would only > light when the big tube is missing a necessary 5 or 6. Have to make a > physical model of this and see how it would look... A friend points out that > too many tube types just makes a visual mess. Too much size variation also > not so good. > > > > With the available digits, hours will display as: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, > 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 > > 12 : 37 All good digits. > 5: 40 Leading zero suppression, 5 missing and filled in by the > IN-17. > > > > Might be pretty nice! Would likely use plex for the clock housing so that the > bodies of the 7011 tubes are visible complete with masking tape and grease > pencil(?)... Did I mention that there's a small bit of grease pencil on the > inside front of one tube. These have to be prototypes. > > > > I've attached a file showing an IN-17 tucked in beside a 7011. IN-17 may be > too small. So, onward with sketches... this post just suggests my general > direction and I expect the idea to evolve for a fair while before any > material is cut. > > > > Many thanks everyone for your ideas on how to recover the missing digits! > > > > Best regards, > > Bob > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/zS6JkG7TOlI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/76feb731-1c70-4222-9b05-0230821ab898%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <Buddy tube.JPG> -- 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/72F20E1B-E3A9-4B5A-9049-C52D4C1BECE7%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
