Thanks! That's basically how I have it oriented on the PCB layout. I drew an imaginary line through pins 5 and 11, and made that vertical. This is offset slightly from the diameter of the tube, and it puts the anode nib at the 12-o-clock position. Not quite where @westdave has his tube oriented, but I think it's close enough to fab the driver board. I'm hoping that whatever misalignment I have is within the tube-to-tube variations. If worst comes to worst, I could swap tubes around or respin the board.
Funny thing is, I've spent more effort and angst orienting the NIMO socket than I have for nixies on other PCBs, and all of those turned out fine. 94 nets to go on the mainboard routing...and no, I never use an autorouter. -- 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/2b9b0483-16dd-4b38-a6e3-6cae45f15dab%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
