Gadzooks that has a crazy number of electrodes; I'm trying to understand what inspired the Soviets to develop this instead of a segmented nixie. It's definitely an interesting device, but it has a lot of disadvantages in terms of manufacturing complexity.
Does anyone know if there is some kind of storage/latching action that is built-in ? I see references to 'thyratron' in Ebay listings, which is basically a "gaseous SCR". Maybe the driver circuitry was somehow simpler versus a segmented nixie. Is the green glow caused by ionized gas, or phosphor ? While many gases do show spectral lines in the green region, it's not a predominant color. I know that hydrogen is used in industrial thyratrons, and I recall from high school when I did a lab experiment with a thyratron, the glow was a faint purple. -- 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/1a3148c0-f03c-4ca7-b6d6-9117a1c6f675%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
