More tubes is always better. Will your design be direct drive?
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 11:33:31 AM UTC-5, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: > > Ha, okay, sounds like I better start cracking away at it. 6 or 8 tube > preference on the 5971 display? > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 11:05 AM Jon Jackson <jond...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm in for a B-5971 display (as well as the ZM1350). Got a bunch of >> B-5971s... >> >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 6:18 AM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> 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 < >>> neoni...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> 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 < >>>> neoni...@googlegroups.com> 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 <mahdi...@gmail.com> >>>>>> 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 <jond...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> 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 < >>>>>>>> mahdi...@gmail.com> 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 < >>>>>>>>> ric...@scalesweb.co.uk> 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. 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