Re: [neonixie-l] MPSA42 driving a Nixie Colon (INS-1)

2012-10-31 Thread randyrob
On Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:56:39 AM UTC+8, jrehwin wrote: > > > I would like to make the Microcontroller flash the colon's in between > the Hour and Minute Numbers. > > (I will be later on using this for Temperature trends - fast flashing > for warming up and slow flahsing for cooling do

Re: [neonixie-l] MPSA42 driving a Nixie Colon (INS-1)

2012-10-31 Thread John Rehwinkel
> I would like to make the Microcontroller flash the colon's in between the > Hour and Minute Numbers. > (I will be later on using this for Temperature trends - fast flashing for > warming up and slow flahsing for cooling down) > > anyway I got some MPSA42's of the 'bay and wired them as followi

[neonixie-l] MPSA42 driving a Nixie Colon (INS-1)

2012-10-31 Thread randyrob
Hey Guys, First of all I'd just like to say what a fantastic Group, plenty of useful info! I have been working on a Nixie Clock (http://halfluckbot.tumblr.com/) I would like to make the Microcontroller flash the colon's in between the Hour and Minute Numbers. (I will be later on using this for

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Connector from glass to vacuum system

2012-10-31 Thread jb-electronics
Hello Dalibor, my valve comes from Leybold, see here: http://www.ld-didactic.de/index.php?id=ld-artikel&a=378776 With 240 EUR it was rather expensive, but it is the best valve I have found. Also, I got my whole vacuum equipment for free from a friend of mine here in Germany, so this is all I

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Connector from glass to vacuum system

2012-10-31 Thread Dalibor Farný
Hello Jens, You are definitely right with dosing the argon, there must be around 0.5% of argon and with pressures about 30torr we are talking about really really small amount of argon.. Where did You get the valve from and how much does this cost? I am considering building one myself, but I a

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Weston book on ebay

2012-10-31 Thread Dalibor Farný
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