Love it. I cant recall where you are in the development cycle of that wonderful device but ......... ... did you ever publish your design or make boards/kits available? - RIchard
On Friday, 20 December 2024 at 16:23:42 UTC newxito wrote: > 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/558cdc05-da0b-4dc4-91ca-cbd8117d7b21n%40googlegroups.com.
