I see that the cathode current is around 25mA (this will vary depending on what digit you illuminate) so any kit that uses an HV5xxx driver from Microchip will work for sure as it can sink 100mA. Of course you would need to have a special 'socket' for it to match the tube base. I have a one-tube clock that uses 74595's coupled to MPSA42's which are rated at 500mA so they should also be good. Again, a different tube base but totally do-able. The easiest thing might be to source a B12A tube socket and then have the driver board of whatever clock you choose to me modified to accept the B12A socket. What would be even easier would be to make an adapter board that plugged into a Z568 Socket which then had the B12A socket on it - super easy. That's what I would do. If I got anything wrong about the current values then please let me know - I am keen to learn - I've never had hands on one of these tubes to try. - Richard
On Tuesday, 19 November 2024 at 17:12:18 UTC Dekatron42 wrote: > I just got my hands on my first Rodan CD-47 and wonder if there is any > 1-digit kit available that will be able to drive this monster Nixie? > > I've googled some but only found kits for smaller Nixies. > > /Martin > -- 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/460d9e28-16ff-4d12-b108-daae978d7388n%40googlegroups.com.
