Be warned that magic-eye tubes, such as the 6E5, have a rather short lifespan, so make sure you power them down when not in-use and keep the brightness as low as tolerable. They are pretty easy to use; I suggest you use a DAC under software-control to drive the grid.
On Thursday, February 4, 2021 at 1:49:03 PM UTC-8 Terry Bowman wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2021, at 4:13 PM, Adrian Pardini <[email protected]> wrote: > > Our fellow here Moorrees, has a handful of very nice working circuits > at https://threeneurons.wordpress.com/magic-eye-stuff/ > > > Yes, I've studied his site thoroughly but it's not exactly what I'm > looking for (his Dekatron stuff is another matter and I already have his > basic spinner kit). There are a bunch of cheap devices on eBay, some > including tubes, but I'm not sure what I'd actually end up with. > > A quick search with Google turned up lots of old sites and forum posts. A > lot of it was outdated or offers for kits that sold out years ago. I'm > hoping someone in this group has done some of the legwork for me. Seperated > the wheat from the chaff, as it were. > > > I'm working on an overall description of what I'm trying to accomplish > with interesting old gadgets and technologies. Someday I'll finish it and > post it here. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com/ > > "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out > of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm > for science intact."—Carl Sagan, *Psychology Today*, 1996 > > -- 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/dc59ead1-d136-40ee-9446-3e3b7f6b17dfn%40googlegroups.com.
