If anyone is interested in a kit to build one of these then please send a PM - I am investigating getting the small components on the Smart-Socket pre-fabbed to avoid all that tiny soldering and I have a number of displays on hand. - Richard
On Thursday 11 April 2024 at 20:22:19 UTC+1 Nick Andrews wrote: > Well, if you can afford or find the Panaplex units, why not? I have just > a couple salvaged from things. Since I know what they are, so glad they > didn't get thrown away like so many of the old blue calculator/adding > machine display tubes... > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 12:46 AM Richard Scales <ric...@scalesweb.co.uk> > wrote: > >> If there was ever an example of over engineering then this must be it! >> Here we have 14 PCBs, 180 transistors, 360 resistors and 13 processors all >> working together to drive six SP-252 multi segment Panaplex displays using >> the Smart Socket circuit that was designed originally for B-7971 tubes. >> It's taken quite some time to pull this all together, mostly because of >> all the SMD parts and my soldering skills - the resistors are 0603.[image: >> SP-252Pic2.jpg][image: SP-252Pic3.jpg][image: SP-252Pic1.jpg] >> Regardless, the hardware is done, now working on the software to take >> advantage of 12 digits of alpha numeric neon. >> Each display sits on its own PCB. Two Smart socket PCB's plug in to the >> back of the display board - one on top - one underneath - these then plug >> in to the backplane that has the power supplies, sensor and Wemos. >> >> Time is NTP synced, at 30 seconds past each minute it will display (in a >> scrolling or some other transitioning style): >> >> The date - like" WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL 2024" >> or >> Sensor Data which is temperature, humidity, pressure >> or >> One of 10 pre-defined text sequences >> I plan to add a web gui to allow setting of the timezone and definition >> of the text messages to scroll at some point - Many thanks to Paul Andrews >> for his assistance with that. The thing now sits in a case and looks a lot >> more presentable - I'll get some pictures of that asap. >> - Richard >> >> -- >> > 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+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ac447d2b-fc58-4a6c-b267-e70893883083n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ac447d2b-fc58-4a6c-b267-e70893883083n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/05e02f32-5991-416c-857f-9ce8939a2625n%40googlegroups.com.
