On Monday, 16 November 2020 at 06:27:30 UTC Richard Scales wrote:

> A little bit like this: 
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> ???
> - Richard
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> On Monday, 16 November 2020 at 05:45:47 UTC M1 wrote:
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>> EG
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>> Definitely 3 displays for me.
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>> Michail 
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>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf 
>> Of *Richard Scales
>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 15, 2020 9:41 PM
>> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!
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>> A quick update on the 2 x SP-353 display project. I have settled on a 
>> design that will drive two (or more later) SP-353 displays as a 6 digit 
>> clock. In order to keep things as small as possible the design stacks three 
>> boards. One for the displays, one for the drivers and one for the 
>> controller and power supplies. Also, in the spirit of keeping things small 
>> I have opted to use an NCH8200HV to generate the HV supply. 
>> I still get surprised when I design something on screen which can fill 
>> the entire screen space and then I print it out at 1:1 and realise that the 
>> thing is relatively tiny!
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>> I should get the boards back in a couple of weeks and hope to have 
>> something to show soon after that. We are still in lockdown in the UK so I 
>> have had a bit of time to work on this.
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>> Whilst my original idea was to make a 6 digit device to act as a clock - 
>> does anyone - (apart from those who may have already mentioned it) see an 
>> application for a version that drives 3 x SP-353 (9 digits) or even 4 x 
>> SP-353 (12 digits) ?
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>> - Richard
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>> On Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 14:35:01 UTC GastonP wrote:
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>> Beautiful clock and that case is gorgeous!
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>> On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 11:01:32 AM UTC-3 dixter wrote:
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>> Very nice...  would be nice if a kit was to come available...  :-)
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>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 5:13:14 PM UTC-6 [email protected] 
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>> Well done!  Looks great!
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>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 2:20:02 PM UTC-5 M1 wrote:
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>> No,
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>> I don’t want it for a clock.   😊
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>> www.VoltageGoat.com
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>> Michail 
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>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf 
>> Of *martin martin
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 11, 2020 7:17 AM
>> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!
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>> Michail, you want to display milliseconds?
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>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 6:14 AM Michail Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I’m interested.
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>> Also, would it possibly be adaptable to a 3x display?  (9 digits)
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>> Michail Wilson
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>> 206-920-6312 <(206)%20920-6312>
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>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf 
>> Of *Richard Scales
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 11, 2020 2:18 AM
>> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!
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>> Would anyone with SP-353's or even SP-352's be interested in a direct 
>> drive version of this clock using HV6522 drivers and driven from a Wemos 
>> micro?
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>> I'm hatching a cunning plan....
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>> This is a display board for SP-353's, behind this would be a board with 
>> HV5622's then behind that the controller and power supplies etc.
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>> should I carry on or give up now?
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>> - Richard
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>> On Wednesday, 11 November 2020 03:18:32 UTC, Richard Scales wrote:
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>> I'd be interested in that - please keep me posted.
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>> Richard
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>> On Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:34:52 UTC, Bill Stanley wrote:
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>> It might be a bit premature but I am working on a MK5017 emulator. It is 
>> a 2 board stack the size of the Mostek chip that (hopefully) plugs into the 
>> socket to replace the original chip.
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>> The top board holds an 8051 chip (SiLabs C8051F381-GQR) and a DS3231S 
>> clock chip. The lower board has the 15V to 3.3V power supply and the 
>> 3.3-15V translators to look like PMOS logic. I also have a development 
>> board with power supplies, drivers, switches and 7 segment LEDs to simulate 
>> the main clock for code development. There is also a connection to allow 
>> GPS + PPS synchronization.
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>> The PCBs are in and as soon as I can work with a microscope, I will 
>> assemble and work on the construction.
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>> I will make everything available including OrCad schematics, Allegro 
>> layouts, bare PCB, code etc for anyone interested.
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>>   -Bill-
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>> On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 8:20:19 AM UTC-8 Richard Scales wrote:
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>> Thank you, that signal is present in all its glory. I got a circuit 
>> diagram and could see that it was rectifying AC from the transformer so 
>> that was the first place I looked. The signal was good. Given that the 
>> clock chip is multiplexing the displays nicely I'd be surprised if it had 
>> failed.
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>> I've also checked that all the various switch contacts are good and they 
>> do seem to be. 
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>> I don't think that replacement clock ICs are going to be that easy to 
>> locate!
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>> Richard
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>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 16:08 Bill Stanley, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> A possible cause of the failure to count is the 60Hz signal the clock 
>> uses for a time base. Look at pin 23 of the MK5017 with a scope for a half 
>> wave 60 (or 50) Hz signal.
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>>   -Bill-
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>> On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7:10:26 AM UTC-8 Richard Scales wrote:
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>> Thank you. I have a Heathkit clock that needs some assistance. It does 
>> everything it should do apart from increment the time. The clock chip is 
>> driving the displays so I'm thinking it's OK but it just won't count time.
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>> I wasn't thinking of offering a kit but if anyone has a set of SP-101's 
>> then I can help out with Pcb's for this version as well as another one that 
>> I hope to have ready soon. 
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>> Richard
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>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 14:11 martin martin, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Your clock looks great!  I'm currently fixing this 1970s Heathkit with an 
>> overheating power transformer.
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>> And yes!  I would be interested in a kit
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>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:04 AM Richard Scales <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I could make plans available, or all hinges on having the displays.
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>> The rest of just smart sockets albeit ones I made work for these 7 
>> segment displays. 
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>> I have another design which is a direct drive approach and is therefore 
>> much simpler in terms of hardware whilst the software has to do a lot more 
>> of the heavy lifting. 
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>> I'll show that when ready. I'm just waiting on updated pcb's to arrive.
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>> Richard 
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>> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 13:58 Michail Wilson, <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Love it.
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>> Plans, Open source, only one or making a kit available?
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>> Michail Wilson
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>> 206-920-6312 <(206)%20920-6312>
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>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf 
>> Of *Richard Scales
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2020 1:39 AM
>> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] SP-101 Clock, finshed at last!
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>> I've finally completed this: Six SP-101 panaplex displays being driven by 
>> 'smart sockets' which are getting their instructions from a Teensy Micro.
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>> A Wemos provides NTP sync, sensor reading (temperature and pressure) , 
>> Web scraping (local wind speed and direction) and random words.
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>> It does the best it can with only 7 segments. Also includes microwave 
>> motion detection so the thing is only displaying data when there is someone 
>> there to see it!
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>> I got green pcb's so the case is especially tinted to match.
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>> - Richard
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