heh...I get to cheat on the what the display areas are for, because I know a secret about the car (it used to be mine, after all). Oil pressure, engine temperature (using a thermocouple in one head), RPM, MPH, battery voltage, and odometer. But this is still just a guess. David didn't tell me.
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/d5ea28f7-1751-42ce-b097-32bd3ca4a06cn%40googlegroups.com.
