I’ll throw my name into the ring too! Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 3, 2019, at 04:18, 'Greg P' via neonixie-l > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Please count me in for one. I've been sitting on a stash of 5971's for a > while. I'd love to finally light them up. > > Hopefully, there will be interest. > > > >> On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 1:26:38 AM UTC-5, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: >> Hi, Greg, >> >> If there is enough collective interest yes, I could draft a board similar to >> the one built for ZM1350 and use the same style casing. If I can get three >> folks interested I could offset the production cost at a reasonable cost. >> >> Mahdi >> >>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:13 PM 'Greg P' via neonixie-l >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Mahdi, >>> >>> Any chance you'll make a version that will use 5971's? >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 6:05:32 PM UTC-5, Jon D. wrote: >>>> Excellent. >>>> >>>>> On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 2:02 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, Jon, >>>>> >>>>> Great! I should have a fully assembled version by the end of the month, >>>>> so you can see it finalized before deciding to commit. >>>>> >>>>> Mahdi >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 3:32 PM Jon Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Mahdi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am interested, as I've got a dozen or so ZM1350s. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jon J. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 7:54 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, Richard, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I saw your board - how nice! While the ZM1350 smart socket PCB on >>>>>>> groupsio helped me recreate the panaplex footprint, I am building my >>>>>>> own board in full, to include the decimal point functionality. Means of >>>>>>> driving (PIC with discrete transistors) is pretty much the same though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I noticed you used an 8266 and Arduino in tandem - I know exactly how >>>>>>> you feel, and have done the same thing on occasion. I recently switched >>>>>>> to the ESP32 and am quite glad for having done so; while the 8266 is an >>>>>>> excellent microcontroller, it is just too pin limited. The >>>>>>> susceptibility to program crashing also irritated me deeply. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mahdi >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:27 PM Richard Scales >>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> If I hadn't just made such a thing I might have been but I feel that >>>>>>>> my ZM1350 box is ticked. It does look like a great deal though. >>>>>>>> Are you driving the decimal point on the displays or are you using the >>>>>>>> 'standard' ZM1350 Smart-Socket code which (as far as I can tell) does >>>>>>>> not? >>>>>>>> I added the capability to drive the decimal points but, as it turns >>>>>>>> out - have yet to actually use them - I ended up using a whole tube >>>>>>>> for decimal point/colon/degree symbol etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Friday, 29 November 2019 18:16:34 UTC, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi, everyone, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm working on an eight digit ZM1350 display with a multilayered >>>>>>>>> black anodized aluminum and black acrylic exterior. I know eight >>>>>>>>> ZM1350s are hard to come by, but would anyone be interested in >>>>>>>>> purchasing one, fully assembled without tubes, to include the casing, >>>>>>>>> for around $300.00? Just gauging interest. Technically you can use >>>>>>>>> however many ZM1350s as you have available; eight for the full >>>>>>>>> display. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here's a GitHub repo with some pictures to check out more. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks. I'm making it either way, but just looking to offset some >>>>>>>>> production cost since min order is five. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://github.com/csapidus/zm1350-display >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Al >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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/455d2295-98b7-4b13-81e2-2a18487e80e1%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/CAO97pxWk%2B%3DDx%3Do-oMk42MB-FDY7xFFKoKpKdk3ez%2BkQSJZxAbw%40mail.gmail.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/CAC%3DcyqcCZ5JWW3W%3D5JVKB-%3DVQmqUWLwpZ9OBzbVzNz5%2B5R0PcQ%40mail.gmail.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/CAO97pxU1t9ULSJSR%2B_5R9rHOX7UNDVPPEwtqLaHu1dgM34f47w%40mail.gmail.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/fd3b3215-7e1e-4406-b0f1-085f7178eff3%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/715fc1bd-0e4d-4b2b-a4a2-8aff1ae0ecc2%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. 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