Picture?? Sounds cool. Numitrons are very rugged devices...
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2019, at 17:54, Mark Moulding <[email protected]> wrote: > > A while back I picked up a bunch of Wamco KW-104AL displays, which are tiny > 16-segment incandescent displays, with the idea of building a FLW pocket > watch. The pocket watch enclosure has a few advantages. First, it's OK for > it to be a bit out-sized, compared to a wrist watch. Also, it has a stem, > which can couple to both a rotary encoder and a button for the interface. > However, I picked up a few pocket watch cases on eBay, and it's still a > really tight fit. The displays are great, though - they're incredibly easy > to drive, rugged, and I think they look very nice. They match the steampunk > aesthetic of the brass pocket watch very well. > > I really lucked out with the displays; I got a couple dozen for about ten > bucks (plus shipping), and they all seem to be good. (I've used a lot of > Numitrons - and the Russian equivalents - in the past, and they're a very > rugged, tolerant, and long-lasting technology. I've never had one fail > except when horribly abused. One actually broke open on my art car at > Burning Man, and continued to function *without the glass envelope* for > several hours!) > ~~ > Mark Moulding > > >> On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 7:09:29 AM UTC-7, Mitch wrote: >> I've been wanting to design a word clock for a while. I have several, but >> with the escalating cost of B7971 tubes and their increasing scarcity, I >> didn't think that would be a good option, especially since each of my three >> kids wants one. So I decided to use 16 segment, .8" LEDS instead. They are >> cheap individually, and cheap as dirt in quantities. >> >> > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f9593970-cbd8-47fb-98c5-3fbaeb060b99%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0FB7C987-7464-492E-8261-76B04B7B6D6B%40gmail.com.
