[neonixie-l] Re: Divergent Nixie clock designs
Long live PALASM ! I used CUPL a few times in the late 1980's. Were you able to program your device at home ? Most of the tools back then were not free, and out-of-reach for hobbyists. I remember sneaking into the lab during lunch hour to program EPROMs. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a4df6fc1-aadc-457c-85e5-614be3060b36%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[neonixie-l] Re: Divergent Nixie clock designs
I've made a clock using a CPLD, the little brother of the FPGA: https://threeneurons.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/mach210_clk.pdf AMD MACH210. It was made quite a while ago. I guess MACH210 chips are vintage now. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ad754671-3684-4904-9612-b80bbcc24e72%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[neonixie-l] Re: Anita Mk9 restoration
Great find ! Working high speed Ericsson dekatrons are next to impossible to find. The GS10D has the same pinout as the slower GS10C, and 6476/6476A. Also the GS10C is designed to operate at lower currents, but it may work, if you can reduce the clock rate. For short term operation, running the GS10C over its design limits does no permanent damage. Something to consider, until a working GS10D shows up. An excessive portion of high speed dekatrons are found to be duds. Usually no gas, to ionize. This rarely happens with standard speed (neon gas / orange) dekatrons. The gas in the high speed tubes, I believe is either hydrogen or helium. Blue/violet glow is not unique to argon, as some assume. If the gas is helium, it can diffuse right thru glass. If its hydrogen, it can bond with the tube's metal structures. In either case, over time, tubes with these gases will go bad, just by sitting on the shelf. And these tubes have not been made in decades. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1679de90-5f98-4e20-af73-1764b191c0fc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
