Very impressive Paul. I especially like the use of analog filters, seems so 
much more in place with nixie tubes. A lot of pain to set up and keep 
calibrated, but for the sake of art, it was a good desision!
-joe
On Fri, 2021-06-25 at 01:10 -0700, Paul Parry wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> 
> The electronics were custom designed, and one of the members of this group 
> kindly did the PCB layout / design.  There was an analogue processing board 
> that had 2 channels ( 10 pictured, so 20 channels ) That contained a 
> butterworth filter for selecting the desired frequency band, you can see at 
> the bottom of the board the relevant components are fitted, as they determine 
> the frequency so during test and setup they get fitted. The rest of the 
> circuitry linearizes the signal and then some circuitry to drive the IN-13. 
> 
> There is then another board that isolates and amplifies the incoming audio, 
> and provides the 120v dc for the tubes.
> 
> 
> Here's a view of the complete set up inside the case: 
> 
> 
> 
> They are quite a job to put together, as I only made them in small 
> quantities, the boards were all SMT assembled by hand which took a good 30 
> hrs to build up a set up, and then each channel had to be individually 
> 'tuned' so you need a calibrated signal generator and a scope, but as it is 
> all analogue you end up with an instantaneous response and the selectivity of 
> the channel is very precise.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Paul
> 
> 
> On Thursday, 24 June 2021 at 09:31:44 UTC+1 Alex wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > Can I ask what electronics you used for these? Was it completely custom or 
> > something bought in? I know I have a case of in13 somewhere (and many cases 
> > of in9) so should plan something with them and this looks very nice!
> > 
> > Cheers, Alex
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> 
> 
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