[neonixie-l] Re: Russian characters - help needed

2019-04-19 Thread Hannah Mishin
Hey Jens - Reply to this thread if you still have queries or need help with translating. I read and write some Russian and have native speaking friends. but Y may be *ч *Sounds like *"che"* x is for sure a letter and sounds like a hard *"H" said in the back of the throat*. z may be this

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Welcome & please introduce yourself!

2019-04-19 Thread Hannah Mishin
Thanks! On Friday, April 19, 2019 at 1:46:30 PM UTC-4, Jens Boos wrote: > > Welcome! This article is gold, thanks for writing it up! Jens > > On 2019-04-19 5:42 a.m., Hannah Mishin wrote: > > Hello! > I'm Hannah and I am in NYC. I am really interested in old technologies as > they correlate

[neonixie-l] IEEE Article on Nixies

2019-04-19 Thread Hannah Mishin
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/the-nixie-tube-story-the-neon-display-tech-that-engineers-cant-quit I'm sure this has already made the rounds. But - for posterity. :) Video is Rad! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[neonixie-l] Re: Vacuum fluorescent clock design/kits available!

2019-04-19 Thread Hannah Mishin
NICE! On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 9:31:48 AM UTC-4, David Pye wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been working on a design for a clock based on the IV-11 russian VFD > tube for some time, and have finally finished the design. > > The whole thing (firmware/design) is open source, so it's ideal for a

[neonixie-l] Re: Numitron clock driving question

2019-04-19 Thread gregebert
Series resistor on filaments will also reduce the surge-current when the segment is turned-on, greatly extending the lifetime. >From what I've researched on tube filaments, reducing the surge-current during turn-on (ie, adding series resistance) is the best way to extend lifetime. There

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Welcome & please introduce yourself!

2019-04-19 Thread jb-electronics
Welcome! This article is gold, thanks for writing it up! Jens On 2019-04-19 5:42 a.m., Hannah Mishin wrote: Hello! I'm Hannah and I am in NYC.  I am really interested in old technologies as they correlate to modern ideas. I am currently working on a VFD build (no Nixie specific experience)

Re: [neonixie-l] Welcome & please introduce yourself!

2019-04-19 Thread 【ツ】John Smout
Interesting VFD project Hannah, I am sure you will find yourself at home here and plenty of good advice should you need it. If you have a problem with sourcing obsolete LM9022 filament driver ICs, you can use an LM4871 - someone here proved it is the same die, just rebadged. John S > On 19

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Welcome & please introduce yourself!

2019-04-19 Thread Paul Andrews
Great write-up. I love reading (in detail) how people go about this stuff. On Friday, April 19, 2019 at 7:42:21 AM UTC-4, Hannah Mishin wrote: > > Hello! > I'm Hannah and I am in NYC. I am really interested in old technologies as > they correlate to modern ideas. > I am currently working on a

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Welcome & please introduce yourself!

2019-04-19 Thread Hannah Mishin
Hello! I'm Hannah and I am in NYC. I am really interested in old technologies as they correlate to modern ideas. I am currently working on a VFD build (no Nixie specific experience) and playing with a flying spot scanner! Here is a blog on my VFD project.

Re: [neonixie-l] Obscure Cyrillic characters

2019-04-19 Thread Hannah Mishin
If you want help translating copy the letters on your tubes/datasheet here: http://russian.typeit.org/ and then copy and paste into google translate. if something in the auto translate is strange... I may be able to help On Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 10:03:11 PM UTC-4, David Speck wrote: > >