I made a clock using some IEE one-plane readouts a while back, I’d suggest using a bunch of high-power shift registers like TPIC6B595s. Both displays use small incandescent bulbs, so I figure this would work for edge-lit displays as well.
> On May 10, 2022, at 10:04 AM, Richard Nicewonger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > I have a big old General Radio automatic capacitance bridge that uses > these type of displays plus some that display special characters. > I’ve been looking for some circuits/plans to make a clock with these. When > you finish your clock project could you post your design plans? > Thank you very much. > > Rich > > >> On May 8, 2022, at 3:21 PM, 'Bogdan Paduraru' via neonixie-l >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you very much Nigel ! >> It looks like they have been in that type of calculator as I have found only >> 7 of them , for sure the previous owner used 6 for some clock => I will do >> the same with mine very soon >> >> >>> On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 9:44:27 PM UTC+3 GCNige wrote: >>> Similar displays are used in the Canon Canola 130S desktop calculator from >>> the late 1960s, described at >>> http://vintagecalculators.com/html/canon_canola_130s.html >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nigel >>> >>>> On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 7:07:46 PM UTC+1 Bogdan Paduraru wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> hello gents >>>> >>>> could you please help me identify below displays ? from the left ? >>>> I did not find anything similar on the web and I have no idea from where >>>> they have been pulled: >>>> They look rather very interesting compared to other types : they have >>>> right decimal point and some sort of right separator >>>> Thank you >> >> >> -- >> 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/06531992-f1e9-4bb2-ab80-50bbc36a69ban%40googlegroups.com. > > -- > 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/F740D451-970F-4BE3-85D7-83CD59DE8292%40optonline.net. -- 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/60354CE3-9294-40C2-BD8D-F0E5A4858E38%40gmail.com.
