[neonixie-l] Re: B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects
I've done them a few ways... MOD-SIX OFC! Also the smartsockets... you can basically make the length as long as you want to. Smart sockets are really neat because they have the entire alphabet built right in with effects too! Here's basic video of me testing one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzOKLMmQZDM Regards, Bill On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 9:34:40 PM UTC-7 Richard Scales wrote: > I display local wind speed and direction on them which I scrape from a web > page. > A recent project resulted in the tubes scrolling a message 'ITS JUST AFTER > FIVE IN' and then displaying the name of a place in the world where it was > between 17:00 and 18:00 - the idea came from a friend who wants to put a > display in a 'bar' that he is building! > Personally I like seeing live data from the environment so things like > temp, pressure, wind speed and direction interest me (I sail and dive > locally). But, as you say, meaningful data rather than just a clock is > quite exciting. Others have displayed RSS Feeds, web page visitor counts, > random words or expressions etc. > > As others have also said, if you ultimately decide to do nothing with > them, I too could give them a good home! > - Richard > > > On Sunday, 13 September 2020 02:15:35 UTC+1, LeRoy Lee wrote: > >> I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify >> they work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a >> clock. Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more. >> Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for >> their use? >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/72ead499-ab51-4b56-8a77-d47fb1cc08f2n%40googlegroups.com.
[neonixie-l] Re: B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects
I display local wind speed and direction on them which I scrape from a web page. A recent project resulted in the tubes scrolling a message 'ITS JUST AFTER FIVE IN' and then displaying the name of a place in the world where it was between 17:00 and 18:00 - the idea came from a friend who wants to put a display in a 'bar' that he is building! Personally I like seeing live data from the environment so things like temp, pressure, wind speed and direction interest me (I sail and dive locally). But, as you say, meaningful data rather than just a clock is quite exciting. Others have displayed RSS Feeds, web page visitor counts, random words or expressions etc. As others have also said, if you ultimately decide to do nothing with them, I too could give them a good home! - Richard On Sunday, 13 September 2020 02:15:35 UTC+1, LeRoy Lee wrote: > > I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify > they work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a > clock. Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more. > Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for > their use? > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/466e2051-f571-44f8-a833-036a0dc00c70o%40googlegroups.com.
[neonixie-l] Re: B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects
I have used these via the Smart Socket concept which allows you to easily display numbers, letters, punctuation and user defined characters on any number of these tubes. I have used 'smart' sockets for B-7971's as well as ZM1350, SP-101 and now 16 segment LED 'starburst' displays. My clocks display time, day, date, month, year, temperature, pressure, local wind speed and direction, random words and my latest variant also displays the name of a place in the world where it is 'Just After Five!'. There is good support over at the Smart Sockets group and I have a stack of bare PCB's available if you fancy a go. All you need is a PIC16F690, some resistors and MPSA42's and you just squirt serial data to them to display data, define characters, chose transition effects, etc,etc (I'm a bit of a fan - does it show?). There are several transition effects including various fades and wipes as well as a bitwise breakdown and rebuild. All transitions can have their speed defined. I have also 'developed' a controller using a WeMos D1 as well as a Teensy 3.2 (mostly because I am not clever enough to code the whole thing on one WiFi enabled Micro) which does time sync, scrape data from the internet, read temp and pressure, send random words - or now names of places in the world where it is just after five. It also reads a PIR for shutdown of HV supplies when you are not watching (be kind to your tubes) as well as control neons for colons. Ask me anything! - Richard On Sunday, 13 September 2020 02:15:35 UTC+1, LeRoy Lee wrote: > > I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify > they work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a > clock. Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more. > Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for > their use? > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/006a6bfe-0ed8-41d9-b880-2982bb461488o%40googlegroups.com.
