I just used Molex socket pins, no actual sockets. I used wire labels to designate the pin. You could 3D-print a holder for the socket pins, but I never did.
On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:44:59 PM UTC-4 Benoit Tourret wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Thank you that is exactly what I wanted to do :-) > > How did you made the A-101 sockets ? > > > > Le vendredi 22 septembre 2023 à 13:59:24 UTC+2, Mike Mitchell a écrit : > >> I built a dekatron clock based on https://959radio.co.uk/dekatron.html >> as shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeS3xuuRBV4 >> There is a link from that video to a dropbox with photos of the build, >> including a photo of a hand-drawn schematic. >> I used a STQ3N45K3 N-channel Mosfet as an inter-stage coupler instead of >> a vacuum triode. >> >> >> On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:56:11 AM UTC-4 Dekatron42 wrote: >> >>> >>> You can contact the designer of that clock, he answered my questions >>> manyvyears ago. >>> >>> You can also have a look here: >>> https://threeneurons.wordpress.com/dekatron-stuff/ for dekatron driving >>> and explanationd. >>> >>> /Martin >>> On Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 20:18:47 UTC+2 Benoit Tourret wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning, >>>> I'm still with my idea of making a dekatron clock. >>>> >>>> I found some diagrams at http://959radio.co.uk/dekatron.html >>>> >>>> but here is my second question: >>>> in the diagram http://959radio.co.uk/Sec_Counter.pdf there are two >>>> A-101 dekatrons to divide the frequency of 1 Hz into seconds. >>>> each dekatron will pilot its own nixie tube to display the seconds. >>>> it's via an MPSA42 transistor. one per used cathode. >>>> the first decatron will increment the second dekatron each time the >>>> cathode "K0" shines, to increment the tens. >>>> >>>> here we have a vacuum triode, but I want to replace it with a >>>> transistor or perhaps a thyratron; it's a clock, not central heating... >>>> how would you handle this? >>>> >>>> another question, what is x (marked: To other modules)? >>>> >>>> and while we're at it, can you just explain to me how the transition >>>> from 59 to 00 works, via I think Q11 and Q17. but how? and why is G2@DEK2 >>>> involved? >>>> And also if there is (as I think) a small error on the DEK2 Bus, which >>>> should be marked 6 and not 10, and the MPSA42 transistors should be >>>> numbered from Q12 to Q17. >>>> the compute module for the seconds and minutes being exactly the same, >>>> we will stop there. >>>> >>>> P.S. If you think to have a better diagram, don't hesitate. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Benoit. >>>> >>> -- 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/0b4c1051-7aea-4d65-bf31-d3730a7039dcn%40googlegroups.com.
