Re: [neonixie-l] Just starting out, where's a good point to start from?

> Also is there a recommended starting point for looking at power supplies? I > have an engineering background, but not much experience with switching power > supplies. In particular I'm wondering if there are any actual current > regulated supply designs out there - the ones that I've come ac

Re: [neonixie-l] Just one more Little Bad Dog Designs Clock

On 21 Jan 2016, at 18:23, Tomislav Kordaso wrote: > Bad Dog Designs is funny to read as written in Cyrillic. It would also be funny in Glagolitic. John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [neonixie-l] Just one more Little Bad Dog Designs Clock

Being from this part of the world, I thought might chime in. Tesla's father was an orthodox priest, serving in small place called Smiljan where Nikola Tesla was born. This part of Croatia was then called "Vojna krajina" - more details in nice Wikipedia article

[neonixie-l] Re: Just starting out, where's a good point to start from?

Welcome to an addictive hobby! I prefer linear power supplies for their simplicity, and to get the required ionization voltage (usually 150v to 180v,depending upon the tube) you will either need a voltage-doubler or some kind of step-up/boost with a transformer. I've used several topologies, wi

[neonixie-l] Just starting out, where's a good point to start from?

Hi all! After lurking here for a while I've decided I really should start taking my first steps into building something with nixies. But what would be a good tube series to start with? I remember reading somewhere that IN-1s tended to be not so reliable, but I'm not certain about that. I was