That sounds like a good application for my Nixie watch circuit. It runs on a LiPo cell and has a PIC that drives two tubes. You'd want to display percentage of battery charge.
On Oct 19, 2017 1:34 PM, "Luka C" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been vaping for more than 3 years now. I'm not sure where you've > found the 2-15ohm information on coils, but for most people that vape, > including myself, sub-ohm vaping is the way to go these days. This pretty > much includes coils of around 0.4ohm-0.8ohm. Also it is important to > mention the difference between the non-regulated (so called "mech" / > "mechanical") mods and regulated mods. The mechanical ones are pretty much > like a basic circuit with a 18650 battery and a coil, when you press the > switch, the circuit closes and the current heats up the coil...these are > however dangerous as in the event of a short circuit the battery will heat > up rapidly and might even blow up (this unfortunately happens to > inexperienced users and brings bad publicity to these life-saving > devices!). On the other hand, regulated ones both have the protection > circuit in place (reverse polarity protection, short circuit, overcurrent, > etc) and allow the user to apply specific wattage or voltage to the coil > (referred to as VV/VW - Variable Voltage/Wattage), thus influencing the > vapor production, taste, temperature. There is also a thing called TC > (temperature control) which allows the user to apply specific temperature > to the coil, thus allowing tight regulation of flavor and preventing the > possible emission of formaldehyde by not overheating the e-liquid or > causing dry burns on the cotton wick in the coil. > > All in all, I think you could design a regulated mod with nixies to > display variable voltage / wattage setting. Of course, keep in mind that > these devices need to be able to fit in our palm and will be exposed to > constant movement which is sometimes a challenge for nixies' lifespan :) > > Dana četvrtak, 19. listopada 2017. u 17:39:45 UTC+2, korisnik Paul Parry > napisao je: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I've been asked if I can make a Vape machine with a little 2 digit IN-17 >> volt display built in. After doing some research ( I know nothing about >> Vaping machines ) there are some coils anywhere between 2 - 15 ohm and a >> couple of Lithium Ion cells. They heat up the liquid and then create the >> vapour. >> From an electronics point of view it will need a fancy power supply as it >> will have to be powered from the 4 - 7v DC produced by the Lithium cells >> that it is also trying to manage. >> >> Has anyone experimented with a Nixie Voltmeter, or Vaping machines that >> can help out a little? >> >> Cheers, >> Paul >> >> >> -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/neonixie-l/b578efd4-2c39-43a6-ac28-3e27a8eec7a5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b578efd4-2c39-43a6-ac28-3e27a8eec7a5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAPbqtvd0%3DCtSid3fxoBcQL7XbXnZYDD3S13XAeqCdVnBmFnnKg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
