[neonixie-l] Re: OT: GPS week number rollover

2019-02-28 Thread gregebert
Too bad we wont be around for the Y10K debacle; that's going to be 
hilarious. Better hurry, we've only got 7980 years to prevent that 
train-wreck..

Even the DS3231's are supposed to be good till 2199. Who knows, maybe some 
of our nixie clocks will still be working then.

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[neonixie-l] OT: GPS week number rollover

2019-02-28 Thread Paolo Cravero
Hello,
I just read about the GPS week number rollover that will occur on April
6th, 2019. I had suffered it 1024 weeks ago, in August 1999, and forgotten
about it since I don't use that GPS device anymore (it was a Garmin and got
a firmware update).

What is it all about? In short, the GPS signal encodes the date as number
of weeks plus number of seconds within the week. The week number is encoded
using 10 bits: after 1024 weeks the counter rolls over to 0. The first week
#0 was in 1980. The second in 1999. The third will be in 2019.

If the GPS receiver has not been designed to use the newer 13-bit week
number, or does not implement a software workaround, on April 7th (midnight
UTC) it will begin returning a wrong date. Another effect is slower fix at
powerup.

There are lots of good web pages explaining WNRO.

AFAIK there is no way to know if a receiver is affected, unless the vendor
has published info about it. The NMEA output should be "assembled" by the
GPS receiver firmware so it does not help.

Some Nixie clock designs use GPS receivers to sync time, and they might be
affected. The only way to know if the bug hits you is to wait few weeks.

Paolo

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[neonixie-l] Re: New nixie power supply released - NCH8200HV

2019-02-28 Thread Roddy Scott
Ordered OK!

On Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 3:12:45 PM UTC, 严泽远 wrote:
>
> Hi Roddy,
>
> Only two sellers on eBay:
>
> • omnixie (for USA)
> https://www.ebay.com/str/berkeleyeshop
>
> • nixietubeclock (for all countries except USA)
> https://www.ebay.com/str/nixietubeclock
>
> you can find my NCH6100HV and NCH8200HV power supply in these two stores.
>
> Please pay attention that there are a lot of counterfeit ones on the 
> market. Those are poor quality, and have fire hazards.
>
> Thanks.
> Yan.
>
> 在 2019年2月28日星期四 UTC+8下午10:02:12,Roddy Scott写道:
>>
>> Hello Yan,
>>
>> where is the best place to order your power supply as all I see in Ebay 
>> are cheap copies?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Roddy
>>>
>>

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[neonixie-l] Re: New nixie power supply released - NCH8200HV

2019-02-28 Thread 严泽远
Hi Roddy,

Only two sellers on eBay:

• omnixie (for USA)
https://www.ebay.com/str/berkeleyeshop

• nixietubeclock (for all countries except USA)
https://www.ebay.com/str/nixietubeclock

you can find my NCH6100HV and NCH8200HV power supply in these two stores.

Please pay attention that there are a lot of counterfeit ones on the 
market. Those are poor quality, and have fire hazards.

Thanks.
Yan.

在 2019年2月28日星期四 UTC+8下午10:02:12,Roddy Scott写道:
>
> Hello Yan,
>
> where is the best place to order your power supply as all I see in Ebay 
> are cheap copies?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Roddy
>>
>

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[neonixie-l] Re: New nixie power supply released - NCH8200HV

2019-02-28 Thread Roddy Scott
Hello Yan,

where is the best place to order your power supply as all I see in Ebay are 
cheap copies?

Thanks.

Roddy
>

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