I guess we'll find out how well this was implemented. From what I can tell the pinout on the tube looks like a Male 1mm DIP arrangement with a standard 2.54mm pitch.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019, 6:45 PM Jeff Walton <[email protected] wrote: > I'd be OK with a smart socket but not built-in to a $100 nixie... > > Jeff > > -------- Original message -------- > From: 'John Rehwinkel' via neonixie-l <[email protected]> > Date: 2/10/19 4:57 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] ZIN18 > > > I am thinking that they are initially wanting to sell their clocks and > thus the proprietary pin-out. It doesn’t seem to be the most practical > business approach but credit for trying to keep the art of nixies alive. > > > This verbiage on their page makes me think they have a driver in the base, > so they might not require separate high voltage drivers, maybe just serial > data or somesuch, making them easy to integrate with microcontrollers, but > of course not compatible with ordinary bare nixies. > > "To make ZIN18 tubes smarter, the Z class base has been upgraded to a > smart-base. Each base has a seating that consists of a programmable circuit > mini board to control the lamp. " > > - John > > -- > 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/5c60b78f.1c69fb81.54012.5994%40mx.google.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5c60b78f.1c69fb81.54012.5994%40mx.google.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/CALcVLK%2Bny5OXqwD4QJepJK2NdmUTdTdUyCQ6%3D4J7AJ34EKeFxQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
