RPM, Speed, outside temp, odometer, engine temp, and oil pressure ? Quite a feat keeping a corvair alive after all these years; it's been a long time since I saw one on the street. Isn't the corvair air-cooled ?
I got rid of my last carbureted vehicle 30 years ago, and I dont miss changing plugs & points, carb rebuilds, etc. On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 4:33:17 PM UTC-7 nixiebunny wrote: > A few months ago, I designed a Nixie instrument panel for my Corvair. > I got it almost all built, then some telescope projects stole my > brain. I finally finished those projects, and took a day to get the > Nixie display board running. It worked right away after fixing a > couple software bugs. > The controller uses a Teensy 3.2, and will live in a box in the engine > compartment where all the engine sensors are located. There is an > RS-422 SPI data link. I used 74HC595 shift registers and TD62083 > driver arrays in a direct-drive design. The tubes are NL-4998 and > NL-5870. It runs from 9V that's regulated on the controller board, > using TaylorEdge HV supplies hiding behind the 5870s. > I'm happy to share the design with anyone who's interested. I will let > you know when it's installed in the car and displaying real numbers. > Bonus points if you can guess what parameter each display area is for. > -- 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/981b97aa-994f-4dd8-898c-0d27cf110357n%40googlegroups.com.
