Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Frank Bemelman
Hi Eric, That’s a good point. I guess it would not be too hard to construct a H-bridge from 2x mpsa42 and 2x mpsa92 and drive that from the microprocessor, or even with one side using mpsa42 and mpsa92 and the other side just 2 resistors of ~100k between HV and GND. Cheers, Frank From: Tidak

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Dekatron42
Some of the Russian users over at Radiokot.ru have discussed this and similar circuit arrangement, like for the IN-24 here: http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1hl=enie=UTF8prev=_trurl=translate.google.sesl=rutl=enu=http://radiokot.ru/forum/viewtopic.php%3Fp%3D1268086 - I used Google

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Frank Bemelman
Hi Martin, Yes, the top one is in fact an H-bridge. The 2nd circuit is as good as the first, it only consumes a tiny bit more current. I’d favor the simple circuit, quite a reduction of parts which makes the H-bridge look a bit over the top. Cheers, Frank From: Dekatron42 Sent: Sunday, March

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread John Rehwinkel
That's a good point. I guess it would not be too hard to construct a H-bridge from 2x mpsa42 and 2x mpsa92 and drive that from the microprocessor, or even with one side using mpsa42 and mpsa92 and the other side just 2 resistors of ~100k between HV and GND. Easier yet, just use two

Re: [neonixie-l] highvalue resisters

2014-03-02 Thread Dan Harboe Burer
Hi Bob, How many do you need? Dan From: bob harper Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 5:51 PM To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: [neonixie-l] highvalue resisters hi all, need some high value high voltage resisters 18 meg 10 megdoes anyone know a source that will sale me a few of

[neonixie-l] New Nixie Tube Cheater!

2014-03-02 Thread Dieter Waechter
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Re: [neonixie-l] highvalue resisters

2014-03-02 Thread Instrument Resources of America
Mouser Electronics has always been good about small quantities, and it is my understanding that Digikey MAY have also followed suit. Ira. On 3/2/2014 8:59 AM, Dan Harboe Burer wrote: Hi Bob, How many do you need? Dan *From:* bob harper mailto:bobharper...@gmail.com *Sent:* Sunday, March 02,

Re: [neonixie-l] highvalue resisters

2014-03-02 Thread bob harper
literally a few, a couple of 18 meg a couple of 22 meg and a 10 meg thanks.i am in the uk somerset On Sunday, March 2, 2014 4:59:02 PM UTC, Dan Harboe Burer wrote: Hi Bob, How many do you need? Dan *From:* bob harper javascript: *Sent:* Sunday, March 02, 2014 5:51 PM

Re: [neonixie-l] highvalue resisters

2014-03-02 Thread Grahame Marsh
Bob I can do you E12 series from 1M to 10M as 5% 0.25W - so would need values in series to get what you want. Also in the Uk Grahame On 02/03/2014 18:23, bob harper wrote: literally a few, a couple of 18 meg a couple of 22 meg and a 10 meg thanks.i am in the uk somerset On Sunday,

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Terry S
I don't think that will work. The resistor will effectively short out the resistor/neon combination. It won't light in either direction. On Sunday, March 2, 2014 10:50:15 AM UTC-6, jrehwin wrote: That’s a good point. I guess it would not be too hard to construct a H-bridge from 2x mpsa42

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Frank Bemelman
Ok, I can understand that. You could try a royer converter. The fun is in the making of the small transformer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royer_Circuit1.gif But there are many ways to skin a cat Cheers! Frank From: Tidak Ada Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 1:28 PM To:

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread John Rehwinkel
I don't think that will work. The resistor will effectively short out the resistor/neon combination. It won't light in either direction. One transistor is on at a time, pulling that end of the neon down to (approximately) ground, basically overwhelming the resistor on that end. The other

RE: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Tidak Ada
That's exactly what I intend to do, however a little bit more sophisticated: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/CCFL_Inverter_Circuit1.gi f groetjes, eric _ From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Bemelman Sent:

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread John Rehwinkel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royer_Circuit1.gif Usually when someone refers to a Royer oscillator, they mean a resonant Royer, which has a series inductor and resonating capacitor, and produces a sine wave output. The wikipedia article (like many such) is somewhat misleading, and mostly

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Joseph Bento
What a great link! It's fun to see what fellow hobbyists are doing, and the translation of the web page makes it so much easier! Since I am a sucker for any new Russian nixie related stuff, I did a search on E-bay for the IN-24. I found some, and therefore ordered a few. Hopefully the

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-3 Neon Bulbs

2014-03-02 Thread Joseph Bento
Thanks for the link! Nice to see Russian hobbyists using their own tubes. :-) I had not heard of the IN-24, so I did an E-bay search, found some, and ordered a couple. Looking forward to playing with these too. Joe On Sunday, March 2, 2014 4:00:36 AM UTC-7, Dekatron42 wrote: Some of the