[neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Terry S
Padded envelope? They would never survive my mail carrier. On Nov 27, 5:35 pm, Dan Foster danfoster3...@gmail.com wrote: $1.25 per tube, any quantity. Shipping is a USPS padded flat rate envelope. $5.30 inside US,  $12.95 to Canada or Mexico, and $16.95 to any other country. -- You received

Re: [neonixie-l] low power nixie tubes?

2012-11-28 Thread John Rehwinkel
And if you want something truly bizarre and high-voltage, there are devices like the ITS1A, which uses 50V, 100V, and -300V supplies, but the segments are directly controllable with TTL logic! Any ideas on where to buy these tubes? Very cool. Bet I can't afford 'em anyway. Vitaly might

[neonixie-l] Re: 5BP1 CRT

2012-11-28 Thread Oscilloclock
Not that I'm biased (!), but if you are able to roll your own, you can see two nice designs employing circle graphics at Grahame's sitehttp://www.sgitheach.org.uk/scope2.html and at Oscilloclock.com . These are based on David's original design at cathodecorner.com . There are many other

[neonixie-l] Re: 5BP1 CRT

2012-11-28 Thread Nick
On Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:39:43 UTC, Oscilloclock wrote: Not that I'm biased (!), but if you are able to roll your own, you can see two nice designs employing circle graphics at Grahame's sitehttp://www.sgitheach.org.uk/scope2.html and at Oscilloclock.com . These are based on

[neonixie-l] Re: 5BP1 CRT

2012-11-28 Thread threeneurons
Here's the checker schematic. http://threeneurons.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/crt_tstr.gif It uses 2 MC34063 chips. One for the HV, and the other for the 6V heater. 10 signals go to the CRT tube. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 5BP1 CRT

2012-11-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 12-11-28 02:59 PM, threeneurons wrote: Here's the checker schematic. http://threeneurons.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/crt_tstr.gif It uses 2 MC34063 chips. One for the HV, and the other for the 6V heater. 10 signals go to the CRT tube. A lot of the old scope circuits used to run the

[neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Michel
Just out of interest, is the IN-9 brighter than the IN-13? IN-9 requires 10mA current for full bar and IN-13 4mA. Wondering where the extra 6mA goes to, heat or light? Michel On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 5:41:16 AM UTC+11, Dan Foster wrote: Hello, I have a few (10) IN-9 Bargraph tubes

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Adam Jacobs
I found this at radiomuseum.org: quote At this point, I should clarify the difference between the IN-9 and the IN-13 The IN-13 takes up to 5mA for a 12cm orange glow from Neon gas, and has three electrodes. One perforated cylinder as the anode, a central wire cathode for the glow, and a

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Dan Foster
My PayPal email is danfoster3...@gmail.com I'll send it in a box, same shipping cost. Send me an email with your address, etc. On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 9:27:30 PM UTC-5, bryan wrote: I am interested. I'll send the money for 4 tubes and shipping in USA this Friday and as soon as you

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Michel
Thanks for the info Adam. It doesn't really explain why the current is higher / sensitivity is lower for the IN-9. I still expect the IN9 to be brighter as the higher current should ionize more neon. Maybe I should measure it one day. Michel On Thursday, November 29, 2012 8:25:31 AM

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Jon
Michel - that's exactly what happens. IN-9 tubes are significantly brighter than IN-13, and to my eyes much better for general use. I made this thing ( http://youtu.be/mQ1567EFCY0) with IN-13 and both flavours of IN9. Although the IN-13 were bigger, used less current and were more predictable to

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Michel van der Meij
That is an interesting display Jon, thanks for the info and link! How do you make the step down animation? Did you post a schematic somewhere of this clock? The sleeping sickness is probably related to the part of the tube that is not lit? I mean, in your clock setup this wouldn't really be an

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Michel van der Meij
I think I know how to do the step-down animation, you probably switch anode and cathode in an H-bridge style circuit. Anyway, I think the tubes are really interesting so I bought myself a bunch on ebay. Amazing how cheap they actually are!! Even a complete clock with 4 7-segment displays cost only

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9's for sale

2012-11-28 Thread Jon
Glad you liked it - was my first venture into designing my own clocks. I haven't posted a schematic, but there isn't really much to it in hardware. The tubes are driven by single transistor voltage-controlled current sinks which are run by an octal DAC controlled by a PIC. The rest is just HV