A blurry video with some IN-17s in action… in keeping with the season, I've added a few "very colorful" lighting modes to the firmware :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbpTJuIUTIY Leroy Jones schrieb am Freitag, 20. Dezember 2024 um 04:29:16 UTC+1: > > https://youtu.be/1b0WYOfxxpY > On Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 9:24:32 AM UTC-5 Jeff Walton wrote: > >> A picture is worth 1,000 words… >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf >> Of *Leroy Jones >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2024 2:27 AM >> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [neonixie-l] Re: Russian IN-17 Nixies >> >> >> >> Well Richard, I have completely resolved the issue with wire-ended >> tubes. My final solution to this issue >> >> is to leave the wires full length. Do not cut them! Slip a piece of >> small teflon tubing over each wire. >> >> Then bend out the bottom end and solder to a dual inline (DIP) header. >> That way, the tube with the attached header >> >> can be plugged directly into a suitable DIP socket. On the prototype >> IN-17 soldering experiment, these insulators were cut >> >> to exactly 1.03 inches in length. Then a tiny soldering heatsink is >> clipped onto the tube lead wire right at the bottom of the plastic >> >> standoff that comes with the tube. The 1.03 inch length of teflon >> insulation tubing then leaves just enough lead sticking out the >> >> bottom end to be soldered to the header pin forks. The uninsulated gap >> where the heatsink was, is small enough not to be any problem. >> >> For the first one I used a 12-pin header. Made this by cutting off a >> 14-pin header. >> >> That then allows the tube's lead wires to be soldered down and kept from >> crossing. One header pin gets skipped on the pins 7 through 12 side >> >> so that the same geometry is kept as is on the tube base. This works >> out very well. Did a similar treatment on the Chinese QS18 tubes. >> >> Did same thing long years ago with a large batch of B-5750 and B-5853 >> tubes. Those tubes had very short pins from being salvaged from old >> equipment >> >> so for those I wirewrapped on some longer lead wires then soldered those >> to the header. By doing this these wire-ended tubes can be easily >> >> converted into tubes with good solid socket pins. -Chuck >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:52:08 PM UTC-5 Richard Scales >> wrote: >> >> I would tend to agree - having made this super small clock for IN-17 and >> now IN-2 - put the two side by side and there is no doubt as to which one >> is the winner. The only 'issue' with the IN-17 variant is that the tubes >> have to be soldered in to position. >> >> I've been giving away a set of N.O.S. IN-17 with each IN-17 kit as I have >> a few on hand! >> >> - Richard >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, 18 December 2024 at 20:22:16 UTC Keith Moore wrote: >> >> IN-17's are my favorite Russian nixie. They have the cleanest, prettiest >> glow of any of the smaller nixies, in my opinion. I am partial to small >> nixies, and these are my fave. >> >> On Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 1:29:54 PM UTC-5 Leroy Jones wrote: >> >> These are very tiny top view wire ended nixies. >> >> Lit one up for the first time last night. Very pleased to see that this >> >> tube has a real 2 and a real 5! >> >> >> >> Looks bright and clear. Runs at around 1.2 mA at 170 volts using 30k >> anode resistor. >> >> >> >> I'd like to hear everyone's opinion and experience with the IN-17 tube. >> >> >> >> Any ideas or comments? Thanks. -Chuck >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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/2eec7fc6-2e46-4a41-a329-48eb0da0a1e5n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2eec7fc6-2e46-4a41-a329-48eb0da0a1e5n%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/2fd2073f-3edd-463d-9ce1-3a575d039102n%40googlegroups.com.
