Mahdi, Gotcha. Your design makes me happy then.
Nice work! On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:45:16 PM UTC-5, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: > > Greg, > > You can check out the schematic on the associated GitHub Repo for details, > but I am not using muxs or shift registers for the ZM1350 board. ESP32 --> > PIC --> discrete transistor --> cathode pin. > > That said, some of my previous designs have made extensive use of 7HC595s > and 74141s > > Mahdi > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:02 PM 'Greg P' via neonixie-l < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Mahdi, >> >> Not multiplexed. >> >> Direct drive digits or segments are always on and not pulsed at high >> speeds like in multiplexing. Direct driven tubes typically are brighter >> and require less current. Multiplexed designs are simpler and require less >> components which is cheaper. >> >> I'm sure the folks here who are way smarter than me can give a better >> explanation, but hopefully you get the gist. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 4:10:20 PM UTC-5, Mahdi Al Husseini >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Greg, sorry I missed your message. Can you explain what you mean by >>> direct drive? >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 2:57 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> I’ll add an option where the acrylic covers the sockets for tubes 7 and >>>> 8. Same PCB so you can always switch acrylic plates and display all eight >>>> tubes, if you come across two more. Just let me know if that’s something >>>> you’d like to do. >>>> >>>> Mahdi >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 1:18 PM Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am interested in the ZM1350 version. I only have 6 tubes. >>>>> I might be interested in a B-5971 version depending on cost. >>>>> Thanks Paul >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, November 29, 2019 at 11:16:34 AM UTC-7, 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/87f9adab-9c99-4713-b33a-c303318712d3%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/87f9adab-9c99-4713-b33a-c303318712d3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/802a7287-dd1e-4292-8b0e-a378b72be604%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/802a7287-dd1e-4292-8b0e-a378b72be604%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/dd41b245-d033-4be3-9cb1-f13d40bc7c3b%40googlegroups.com.
