... and if it were my tube I would make sure that whatever kit I used had PIR activation so the tube did not run any longer than it needed to and I would make the B12A socket/adapter board wide with fixings on so that is what held the tube in place, the inexpensive clock part can hang underneath! I also made a glaring omission in that the CD47 would like a much higher anode voltage - 250V min so make sure that whatever kit you use has an HV supply that can be tweaked to that voltage. - Richard
On Wednesday, 20 November 2024 at 04:50:43 UTC Richard Scales wrote: > > 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/7265c525-74b5-4b5e-a064-a741e60aab55n%40googlegroups.com.
