A technique that could extend tube life would be to shift the image lightly in a random way from time to time to even out. As the deflection is 100% digitally controlled, it should not take much effort to implement this effect. Just code in a random variable displacement of the whole image every, say, 10 minutes or so...
On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 9:00:11 PM UTC-3, gregebert wrote: > > @Pete - Does the phosphor show any signs of burning when the tube is off ? > > Maybe the static pattern of the clock-face is the problem. > > I dont know much about phosphor degradation, but I cant help wondering if > it's not 100% cumulative. For example, if one section of the tube is > illuminated at 10% duty-cycle and another section at 100%, perhaps the 10% > duty-cycle section might last *more* than 10X longer than the 100% due to > heating or other effects. > -- 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/e0a6f1f3-b11d-4510-a337-1229756d7c43%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
