I'm just working on a clock using these displays (or ones which look the same but made by / badged Burroughs). If you take one apart - do you end up with a bunch of bulbs pushed in to a plate? The ones I have certainly do. I've just pulled the bulbs and plugged in LEDs (it was that simple), job done. By changing the incandescent bulbs to LED I trade authenticity for functionality, robustness and longevity! Now I have a board with a Wemos Micro , shift registers and buffers which will control 6 of them. The boards arrived this week and I hope to build one up at the weekend.
[image: 6tubeled.JPG] ULN2803 this side, 595's on the back, screw terminals to connect to each display with series resistors for each LED, connections for power, PIR, temp/pressure sensor I'll report progress as and when it happens. - Richard On Friday 1 November 2024 at 04:37:02 UTC gregebert wrote: > I recently made a clock with similar displays from IEE. I'm worried about > filament stress, so I dont run the seconds for more than a minute > at-a-time. I also have pre-heating , cool-down, and current-limiting so > that the filaments never get a current-surge at turn-on. Time will tell if > they last a long time. > > On Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 4:32:13 PM UTC-7 Ron Walsh wrote: > >> That is a very cool tube. Never seen those before. Great score there >> Senk Ju. >> >> Ron >> >> ...Semper Fidelis... >> >> >> On Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 07:00:52 PM EDT, Senk Ju < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Probably pretty difficult. These displays contain hundreds of tiny lenses >> that focus light differently based on the angle at which it strikes them, >> thereby forming the digits. One of the displays seems to have a defect, >> which I believe may be due to a slightly misaligned lens plate. >> >> [image: defect.jpg] >> >> Nicholas Stock schrieb am Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2024 um 23:54:03 UTC+1: >> >> Super cool! I wonder how easy they would be to recreate... >> >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 3:51 PM Senk Ju <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just wanted to share some pictures of these Omni Ray M40 displays I >> picked up six of recently for an absolute bargain. I haven’t found any >> specific information about this model online, but I did come across details >> on the closely related SD12, including its method of operation, on this >> site: SD12W (Omni Ray) Sphericular Optic Display >> <https://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/SD12W/SD12W-28V.htm>. >> >> These displays operate on just 14 volts, compared to the SD12’s 28 volts, >> and have a PCB backplate. >> >> [image: front.jpg][image: back.jpg][image: logo.jpg][image: >> combined_small.png] >> >> -- >> 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, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b1aa307d-2a14-4299-8791-40b0bb254671n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b1aa307d-2a14-4299-8791-40b0bb254671n%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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion, visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a361ee20-10cd-4dc7-83fb-0b415e8c2e9en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a361ee20-10cd-4dc7-83fb-0b415e8c2e9en%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a4fce05d-b510-4bfb-90cf-543a096da6e6n%40googlegroups.com.
