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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie car gauges

2023-05-14 Thread Cqr

Fabulous!

If I ever do that I plan to have an IN13 as a progress meter for 0-60 timed 
runs in there somewhere 

An average speed mode ( with a “start averaging now” button ) would be great 
for some of the stretches of motorway that have average speed cameras here in 
the uk too.

Cheers,
Robin. 

> On 13 May 2023, at 22:45, J Forbes  wrote:
> 
> 
> when it was in the corvair
> 
> https://hackaday.com/2022/02/18/retro-future-nixie-corvair-instrument-panel/
> 
> 
>> On Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 1:04:36 PM UTC-7 Dekatron42 wrote:
>> Photos please! I absolutely love the idea!!
>> 
>> I wish I owned a PV544 (or a PV444 with split windows).
>> 
>> /Martin
>> 
>>> On Saturday, 13 May 2023 at 19:32:46 UTC+2 David Forbes wrote:
>>> I built a Nixie tube instrument panel for my Corvair a couple of years ago. 
>>> It's a big PC board with a couple dozen 4998 and 5870 tubes, with a 
>>> separate control box. It worked very well (no vibration problems or 
>>> anything), so I transferred it into my Volvo 544 shortly after I reacquired 
>>> the car last year. It's working well in there too, but I'd like to 
>>> rearrange the gauges to fit the car's instrument cluster. 
>>> To this end, I'm redesigning it to be modular instead of a monolithic board 
>>> shaped to fit the car. Each gauge is a little PC board with an HV66 driver 
>>> and SPI daisy chain ribbon connectors. 
>>> The plan is to be able to position the modules in the original cluster 
>>> housing as best fits the car. The software is going to have a header file 
>>> that's customized to the car. Trim pots on the box allow in-use calibration 
>>> of those parameters that need it, such as speedometer and temperature. 
>>> Do any of you with old cars think you'd be interested in this?
>>> 
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Re: [neonixie-l] Casio 1970s VFD

2021-07-19 Thread Cqr

Wow! They added an extra little segment just to make the fours nicer! 



> On 19 Jul 2021, at 04:22, martin martin  wrote:
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> Good eve all.
> One of my clients gave me this.  Dated about 1975.
> I had to open it up.  All the keyboard switches are tiny magnets and reed 
> switches.  
> Look at all those nice VFDs!
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Bayonet neon bulbs

2021-06-21 Thread Cqr

Yep, UK, I got the bulbs from a salty old sailor ( actually a photographer :) ) 
in a London boatyard when I fixed his RAID disk array for him! He got them in a 
jumble sale years ago.  Funny where these things turn up...

Cheers,
Robin. 
> On 21 Jun 2021, at 06:08, J Forbes  wrote:
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> 
> you're in the UK? 
> 
> http://www.debook.com/Bulbs/ediswan.htm
> 
>> On Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 4:57:20 PM UTC-7 Zedsquared wrote:
>> Hi Folks, 
>> I was recently given a couple of interesting neon bulbs in GLS bayonet 
>> format, I’ve attached pictures. I wonder if anyone can tell me what these 
>> would be used for? They don’t give out much light really. Maybe darkroom 
>> safe light or night light? 
>> 
>> The one with the crossed electrodes seems to be made by Siemens and has 
>> normal glass. The spiral element one has a yellow coating on the glass and 
>> is made by Osram . 
>> All info welcome! 
>> 
>> Robin. 
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Re: [neonixie-l] Three Neurons Email Hacked?

2018-04-06 Thread Cqr

There's absolutely no checking or verification of the "from" field in email 
when sending... A spammer can put what they want in there to make it seem 
authentic, no matter where the email originates. So this does not in any way 
imply 'hacked' email accounts. In the words of a wide book: Don't Panic :)

Cheers,
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Re: [neonixie-l] Lasermad

2018-01-07 Thread Cqr

Man those were some fiddly little components one that pcb! 
It didn't help that I've a Weller magnastat iron and the resistors would stick 
to it!



 

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>> Me too :)
>>  All I need to do now is add the symbol tube and assemble the base case, 
>> once instructions are posted.
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>>> They are already shipping. I am part way through building one: 
>>> http://www.lasermad.com/shop/shop/ 
>>> 
>>> Virus-free. www.avg.com
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>>>> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 4:00 PM, 'Michail Wilson' via neonixie-l 
>>>> <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>> Tony,
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> https://youtu.be/pvbAqrQQiIU?t=3m30s
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe posted before, but just ran across it.
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> Floating nixie clock – When are these going to start shipping?
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lasermad/time-flies-levitating-nixie-clock
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> 
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Re: [neonixie-l] New to group, building with B7971s

2017-11-25 Thread Cqr


http://tayloredge.com/ have b7971 smartsockets in kit, or assembled form. Plus 
a nice range of power supply modules, I used them in nixiebot : 
http://hackaday.io/project/9155-nixiebot

Cheers,

Robin.

 

 


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> Hi - 
> 
> I recently retrieved my B7971 tubes out of storage. I bought them about 40 
> years ago. I'm now getting interested in creating a display, and I'm looking 
> at the options. I've been looking at the driver board design by Greg Ebert, 
> but I've also seen the Smart Sockets. It looks like there was a smartsockets 
> and neonixie group on Yahoo Groups, and neonixie has moved here, but 
> smartsockets seems to be almost gone. I requested membership a few weeks ago 
> and have no response. 
> 
> I've also seen the SmartSockets, but there is less information around on 
> those. 
> Apparently they were developed by Chris Barron 6 or 7 years ago, and might 
> have some dimming capability. 
> 
> Is Chris (fixitsan) still around in this group?  Where are the design files 
> and source for the smartsocket work kept today?
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: A tube for less than $5

2017-02-18 Thread Cqr

If you search ebay for "nixie" you often get people charging fairly silly money 
for an old seven segment LED calling them "vintage" and even "nixie tube"
Occasionally I'll point out the error of calling a solid state device a "tube" 
to the vendor via the feedback button and I'd encourage anyone here, who feels 
so inclined, to help stop this reckless dilution of terminology.

Cheers,
. Robin.

> On 18 Feb 2017, at 07:37, gregebert  wrote:
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> Meh,  you can buy gobs of USSR nixies today for less than that. No time 
> machine required.
> However, they wont have nearly the same quality or reliability as the 
> Burroughs tubes.
> 
> I hate to think that someday in the future, 7-segment LED displays might be 
> highly coveted and command high prices..
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Re: [neonixie-l] Bad Dog Design

2016-05-06 Thread Cqr

It goes one better than the others :)

> On 6 May 2016, at 07:48, Tomislav Kordaso  wrote:
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> BTW anyone noticed how high volume setting in embedded player goes?
> 
>> On 4 May 2016 at 22:28, 'Grahame' via neonixie-l 
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>> I hope the link opens for you, the beeb links can be a bit funny if you're 
>> not in the UK.
>> 
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03rjxsm
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>> About 9 minutes in.
>> 
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Electroluminescent displays (I-195)

2016-03-29 Thread Cqr

Ah, you're thinking of a printed mask when I was thinking printed light pipe 
diffusers... Both are possible :) Can you do the Cad to produce an STL file I 
could try and print?
Otherwise I could have a go if you do some sort of drawing.
Cheers,
.   Robin.

> On 29 Mar 2016, at 23:44, gregebert  wrote:
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> I was thinking of a PCB with various green neon bulbs (there are other colors 
> as well), and a driver that will get us AC on the bulbs (such as an HV507). 
> On top of the PC board would be a 3D-printed gizmo (black, so it's opaque) 
> that fit over the bulbs to create isolated light patterns for the various 
> segments, and a plastic or glass top-cover. The cover would need to be tinted 
> or colored so you wouldn't see the underlying bulbs.
> 
> I'm not sure if you would want to coat the interior of the 3D printed block 
> with a shiny/reflective surface, to maximize emitted light. 3D objects 
> as-printed are not polished, though I've heard you can give them a vapor-bath 
> in acetone to do that.
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> that would be much easier to build. But it lacks the artistry of a nixie and 
> E-L display pictured earlier.
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Re: [neonixie-l] new project: FLW with socially outsourced word generation

2015-05-27 Thread Cqr

The same chap did a wooden mirror a while back, much noisier:

http://www.smoothware.com/danny/art.html

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Thanks for the link. That's a lot of motors!

Tom Harris celephi...@gmail.com

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Not an obsolete display technology, but very interesting for its fur
pixels...
https://fnews.com/an-interactive-fur-mirror-by-daniel-rozin-u032

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Put your code up online. Then we can have a network of such things. I would
use
a large flipdot display in a semi-public place like a makerspace. People
can use
the obsolete display technology of their choice! Smoke signals even!
Semaphore!
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Re: [neonixie-l] new project: FLW with socially outsourced word generation

2015-05-27 Thread Cqr

Oops, sorry, here's a proper link:

http://youtu.be/86_GQmUG-Lk

On 28 May 2015, at 00:27, Michail1 via neonixie-l
neonixie-l@googlegroups.com wrote:

The link to youtube video is actually a tiny picture.

Wanna see the video and details. :)

Michail

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Hi Folks,
I got around to doing something with the B-7971 I had. Along with a
raspberry pi that had lain unused for far too long.
It's an FLW-alike that is connected to Twitter to harvest words, here's a
link to a short vid:
youtube video

Not much electrical engineering going on with the design as I just used
TaylorEdge PSU and smart sockets, the fun was in the programming the Pi.

It needs a case making but I'm waiting on a camera extension cable right now
(and also tempted to add at least two more tubes ... has anyone from the UK
here got any I could buy?)

It displays the time and the words that will fit on the display from a random
tweet feed. It also displays TWOI: the TWitter Originality Index or the ratio
of original tweets to retweets seen in the random feed.

It will listen out for any tweets with the hashtag #NixieBotShowMe use that
tag and it'll send you back a picture of the next word in your tweet after
that tag that will fit on the display.

Other tags you can add on are #NBreceipt for a DM acknowledgement and
#TheTime .

@mention others in your tweet to get them mentioned in the reply.

Outgoing tweets are limited to one a minute and queued so you may have to
wait a while if it gets popular.

Follow it on twitter @NixieBot to see all the words that get sent.

Bear in mind that it's the internet providing words so don't blame me if you
see something rude. Hopefully the fact that everyone who wants to can see
what was submitted by who (and reply to them ) should make it somewhat self
policing... maybe!

Future additions planned include fetching and displaying the odd stock
quotation every now and then (for old time's sake) and maybe plugging it into
this mailing list for a word source too. Other ideas welcome :)

Cheers,
Robin.

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Re: [neonixie-l] new project: FLW with socially outsourced word generation

2015-05-27 Thread Cqr

Stay off those meds I like the result :)
I'll put it up on github once sanitized a bit for public consumption, but most
of the magic is from the twython library and python itself which makes
extracting data from the Twitter api a breeze really. It's practically English
if you name your variables right :)

Cheers,
. Robin.

On 28 May 2015, at 00:40, Tom Harris celephi...@gmail.com wrote:

Put your code up online. Then we can have a network of such things. I would
use a large flipdot display in a semi-public place like a makerspace. People
can use the obsolete display technology of their choice! Smoke signals even!
Semaphore! Morse code! Perhaps it's time for my medication...

Tom Harris celephi...@gmail.com

On 28 May 2015 at 09:27, Michail1 via neonixie-l
neonixie-l@googlegroups.com wrote:
The link to youtube video is actually a tiny picture.

Wanna see the video and details. :)

Michail

Not much electrical engineering going on with the design as I just used
TaylorEdge PSU and smart sockets, the fun was in the programming the Pi.

It needs a case making but I'm waiting on a camera extension cable right now
(and also tempted to add at least two more tubes ... has anyone from the UK
here got any I could buy?)

It displays the time and the words that will fit on the display from a
random tweet feed. It also displays TWOI: the TWitter Originality Index or
the ratio of original tweets to retweets seen in the random feed.

It will listen out for any tweets with the hashtag #NixieBotShowMe use that
tag and it'll send you back a picture of the next word in your tweet after
that tag that will fit on the display.

Other tags you can add on are #NBreceipt for a DM acknowledgement and
#TheTime .

@mention others in your tweet to get them mentioned in the reply.

Outgoing tweets are limited to one a minute and queued so you may have to
wait a while if it gets popular.

Follow it on twitter @NixieBot to see all the words that get sent.

Future additions planned include fetching and displaying the odd stock
quotation every now and then (for old time's sake) and maybe plugging it
into this mailing list for a word source too. Other ideas welcome :)

Cheers,
Robin.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Caught like Mars flies in a Klein bottle

2015-03-24 Thread Cqr

I have a Klein Stein from Clifford, even the invoice that came with it was a
work of art :)

Cheers,
. Robin.

On 24 Mar 2015, at 23:37, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote:

On Tuesday, 24 March 2015 23:05:15 UTC, celephicus wrote:
You can own one of Clifford Stoll's remarkable creations from
http://www.kleinbottle.com/

Quite inexpensive if you have ever tried scientific glassblowing.

I've tried glassblowing. It's incredibly hard and those prices seem extremely
reasonable to me!

I just love the Klein Hat - going to get one of those for my brother (an
academic pure mathematician).

Nick
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OSHW Electrostatic CRT Driver Design

2014-06-07 Thread Cqr

Me too, I'm in Bristol.

On 7 Jun 2014, at 20:29, 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l
neonixie-l@googlegroups.com wrote:

I'm up for a set
Ian

On 7 Jun 2014, at 17:51, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote:

The boards come in multiples of 3 - I'd like to order one of each of the
three boards (I'm in the UK), not 3 or each (i.e. 9 total) as its quite
expensive to order otherwise,

Are there two other UK/Europe types who would share costs with me - I've
done some larger group buys before (e.g. Pete Hand's excellent clocks).

Cheers

Nick

On Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:47:14 UTC+1, coggs wrote:

Looks very useful for activating O-scope tubes.. http://tubetime.us/?p=183

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Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting document on Krypton-doped nixies,,,

2014-04-18 Thread Cqr

Were the CRT calculators Busicom?
One of those was the first thing I ever programmed... Punch cards with an
instruction rate of ten per second!
I seem to recall it had a magnetostrictive coil memory, an acoustic delay line
using wire that behaves like piezo electric stuff does but with magnetism
instead.

Cheers,
Robin.

On 18 Apr 2014, at 13:28, John Rehwinkel jreh...@mac.com wrote:

I do recall, however, that one of the Anita nixie calculators had a magnetic
memory - a torsion delay line. It was kind of like a clock spring made out
of stiff wire. An actuator would twist it at one end and the torsion wave
would go round all the coils and appear at the other end some milliseconds
later, where it was sensed and fed back to the beginning. So you could store
data in it, like a very fast tape loop.

I had a couple of calculators that used that kind of memory. One was a
Singer/Frieden, I forget the make of the other one. They also used CRTs for
display, with some clever logic to vector-trace seven segment digits onto the
screen. They both showed a 3-level stack. Nifty devices, until my sister
threw them out.

I also had a nixie calculator. It was made back in the days when calculators
were really expensive, so it had one math box, and four terminals. It
could only make one calculation at a time, but since calculators spend most
of their time waiting, this was apparently not much of a problem. It had a
bunch of digits, Each terminal had 13 CD66 nixies for the display and a neon
bulb for the - sign. It had old-style diode ROM, with boards covered with
arrays of diodes in various patterns. It died when a power supply capacitor
failed, making all the nixie displays strobe with an interesting rolling
effect as the power line frequency beat with the multiplex frequency. I was
young and poor, and stripped the poor thing for parts. I still have one of
the display boards, minus one of its CD66 nixies.

- John

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-18 gone bad.

2014-01-24 Thread Cqr

How about this for a ZIF design:

The contacts take the form of tubes with slits cut axially all round leaving
rings uncut top and bottom to form a sort of tubular cage with no roof or floor.

If the top ring is twisted while the bottom one is held the tube will collapse
to a hyperboloid cooling tower shape which would grip a pin.

A suitable mechanism for the twisting would be an insulating collar (perhaps
ceramic or hard resin) running round the top of the socket with gear teeth on
the inner face that engage in either matching teeth in the top rings of the
sockets or perhaps the top of the slits.

So you would drop the tube in then twist the top of the socket 90 degrees or
so... Some form of latching would be needed of course.

Hope that makes some sort of sense...
I'll try and knock up a diagram when I get to my computer as this needs getting
out of my head properly now :)

Cheers,
Robin.

On 24 Jan 2014, at 21:30, Terry S tschw10...@aol.com wrote:

I don't think ZIF sockets are necessary -- too much complexity -- but a LIF
(low insertion force) socket would be cool.

Imagine a socket consisting of a solid round cylinder core, with spring
tensioned contacts surrounding the core, that would press against the pins
when the tube is placed over the core.
Similar, non conducting dummy tensioned contacts could be on the opposite
side of the pins, held in place by an outer ring. All contacts would be
stamped concave to help position the tube.

Some other mechanical retension method might be needed to secure the tube,
perhaps a wire over the top like you've all seen in some equipment sockets.

Who's got a 3D printer?

Terry

On Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:22:59 PM UTC-6, bani wrote:
I would definitely pay for ZIF IN-18 sockets :)

-Dan

On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, John Rehwinkel wrote:

I caused it because I was swapping the tubes too much. The repeated
removal/insertions caused the tube to leak at the pins.

I still want to rotate the tubes, but I need to come up with a surrogate
socket so I can swap the tubes without stressing the pins.

A ZIF nixie socket! Now that would be quite a thing! That would also
dodge the usual problem in home-made sockets of having the grippers both
float and exert proper tension, by moving the tensioning function
elsewhere. Time to start scribbling and thinking about milling out some
interesting shapes.

- John

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Re: [neonixie-l] Winner!?!!! Re: [TCA] Re: Shameless Plug, and Contest/Giveaway for NL5440As

2013-12-14 Thread Cqr

It's got my vote :)

On 14 Dec 2013, at 07:14, lai...@wcoil.com wrote:

Hello, I am a bit slow here. Well no votes came in on the submissions from
the group. I read all the submissions to my local judge (Maria, my wife).
We both really liked the seasons tree. For the season that it is, it is
very adaptable for occasions other than Christmas(Hey it could count down
to Christmas!) and also for the father daughter aspect. So it is my
inclination to reward the tubes to Jorge and his daughter. I liked the
other two submissions as well and I want to thank everybody that
responded. So I said there would be a vote what does everybody think
of Jorge getting the tubes?

Tim Laing

To the group. This was sent to me by Jorge directly. I like this
project
for several reasons, creative, father daughter project etc. Tim Laing

Dear sir or madam:

That is a very kind offer from you. I showed this to my daughter and
she
thought that she could find an old aged piece of wood from the beach a
create a Season Tree. Spaces for the tubes could be carved out from
the
wood and with RGB LEDs, they could be illuminated on the bottom
depending
on the season. For Xmas, the LED colors would be green, white and red.
For
the 4th of July, red, white and blue, for Hallowen - all orange, etc.

She would do the art work and I would help her with the electronics and
programming side. Good daughter and father project.

Thanks and have happy holidays.

Jorge

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