That’s brilliant. I really must reboot my attempt at a speedometer. On Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 7:33:51 AM UTC-4 joenixie wrote:
> Nice display David. I can't wait to see the finished version. > > -joe > > On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 16:33 -0700, David Forbes 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/2e835031-0945-4bff-a3f8-3a3fd28742a2n%40googlegroups.com.
