[neonixie-l] Re: Circuit Diagram/Circuit Board

2016-09-23 Thread gregebert
Hopefully your datasheet can be found here: http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/nixie-tubes.htm If you can't find the datasheets, it's not hard to figure-out the pinout if you have a high-voltage supply (about 200V) and some resistors. Start with a higher value, around 100K, to limit the cur

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie tube instrument tuner

2016-09-23 Thread karl welty
There is also the Schober auto tuner AT-1. However it is a tuner based off a strobe disc and a combination of 12AU7/12AX7 tubes and four NE-2 neon's. Page 149 of the Richard Dorf book "electronic musical instruments". It would be similar to the Conn. -- You received this message because you are s

[neonixie-l] Nixie tube instrument tuner

2016-09-23 Thread Trumpeter
I think this would be a fabulous application for Nixie tubes but there is very little out there. Not being an electrical engineer, designing one myself is not an option. I did find this one below but no updates and the schematic may as well be gibberish to me. Does anyone know if there are any

[neonixie-l] Re: Circuit Diagram/Circuit Board

2016-09-23 Thread John Olivero
I had also wanted to mention, But forgot, That I do not have the data sheets for these Nixies on hand and I am not near them currently however each tube should have the 8 pin connectors. I will verify and post some pictures later. Thanks, JO On Friday, September 23, 2016 at 11:24:34 AM UTC-5,

[neonixie-l] Circuit Diagram/Circuit Board

2016-09-23 Thread John Olivero
All, I am in the process of working on a very ambitious Nixie project. I had posted a little while back about my project which is to create a clock that uses the special character nixies to spell out the time. It will require 36 tubes, and I have tracked down most of them. As I draw closer to f

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-17 break easily?

2016-09-23 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
I had an IN-17 break on me and I was surprised at how little force broke it. John S On 23 Sep 2016, at 16:12, Trumpeter wrote: > > > I have a lot of my other tubes stored loose in plastic bags (20-30 in a large > ziplock for instance) then placed inside a box with a label that indicted the >

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-17 break easily?

2016-09-23 Thread Trumpeter
I have a lot of my other tubes stored loose in plastic bags (20-30 in a large ziplock for instance) then placed inside a box with a label that indicted the tube type. This incident with the in-17 makes me rethink this practice. The glass on the in17 is surprisingly thin. My wife thinks I'm

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-17 break easily?

2016-09-23 Thread Nicholas Stock
Hi and welcome! IN17s aren't really any different to other tubes I've encountered in terms of fragility, so it's either a freak tube or somebody dropped something on the box. Nick Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2016, at 07:32, Trumpeter wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm new here but this

[neonixie-l] IN-17 break easily?

2016-09-23 Thread Trumpeter
Hello all, I'm new here but this is a great resource, glad I found it. When I received my kit (pv electronics kit with 4xIN12 and 2xIN-17) I unwrapped the tubes to inspect and placed them back in the box loose, thinking nothing of it. When it was time to solder the IN-17s to the board I found