Presumably you could also use the microcontroller to do so if it has a
spare pin, by using a resistor in series with the filament power supply,
which is then shorted out by a FET after a predetermined time.

Valve amplifiers used to do similar but with a time delay relay.

David

On Thu, 23 Jul 2020, 11:48 ZY, <[email protected]> wrote:

> The chip I'm using is TPS54328, which has an adjustable soft start. I'm
> still building my supply though, so I haven't actually tested it in action
> yet to see if the soft start actually limits the inrush in any way.
>
> On Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:56:47 UTC-4, Paul Andrews wrote:
>>
>> What power supply are you using? I seem to collect power supply design
>> almost as much as Nixie tubes.
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 11:20:23 PM UTC-4, ZY wrote:
>>>
>>> For my VFD filaments, I've settled on using a power supply module with a
>>> configurable soft-start time. I've set it to something huge, like 10
>>> seconds, to try to limit the inrush current.
>>>
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