Just use a 170v power supply, a suitable anode resistor, and switches (or clipleads or jumpers) to ground each cathode in turn. That's the simplest solution.
On Friday, September 1, 2023 at 4:56:57 PM UTC-4 HikariFaith wrote: > I have a bunch of tubes (NL-8422's and IN-12's) I haven't been able to > test yet. I'm working on a new ultra-thin 8-tube nixie clock and calendar > based off of CNLohr's tube driver design, but replacing the CH32V003 with > an ESP32S2-MINI-2. Having come into this project as a complete electronics > newbie, I'm not sure if my circuit will work properly and I haven't yet > finalized my program. So while I'm working on this, and preparing to test > my drivers in a single-tube setup, I'd like to test out my tubes to see if > they're all in good working order in the meantime. What do you all > recommend as good setups for testing my tubes? I'm looking for something > low-cost, yet still reliable and easy to use so I can test each numeral on > the tubes. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5354aeb7-884e-45f0-b316-7e72368920d9n%40googlegroups.com.
