[neonixie-l] Raytheon Monoscope - badly corroded pins

2020-02-13 Thread Toby Thain
Hi, Recently bought a couple of Monoscope CK1414F10C tubes in varying condition. One has quite corroded base pins, anode cap, and target pin, apparently due to acid disintegration of the original packing foam. Pics: https://imgur.com/a/ofE78Zs I believe the pins are likely nickel. Is there a

[neonixie-l] Re: Dekatrons - phenolic or metal bases

2020-02-13 Thread Jon
Well, quite a bit of 'documentation' is not a lot more reliable than eBay descriptions actually... Particularly if there's any mention of argon - there are dekatrons that contain argon, but not very many. There are quite a few questions blended together in your ask: - Ageing. The key thing

[neonixie-l] Re: Dekatrons - phenolic or metal bases

2020-02-13 Thread gregebert
A-101s are phenolic-base, and very reliable. Mine has been running 24/7 for 7 years now, with no signs of degradation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

[neonixie-l] Re: Dekatrons - phenolic or metal bases

2020-02-13 Thread John Snow
That should be just Neon or Argon... I should probably follow documentation over ebay descriptions. On Thursday, 13 February 2020 10:02:34 UTC, John Snow wrote: > > Is there any difference between base material for ageing/working lifespan? > > How about if it has a Argon/Neon or a

[neonixie-l] Dekatrons - phenolic or metal bases

2020-02-13 Thread John Snow
Is there any difference between base material for ageing/working lifespan? How about if it has a Argon/Neon or a Helium/Hydrogen fill? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[neonixie-l] Re: 14-digit nixie calculator project with clock function

2020-02-13 Thread newxito
Sorry that I don’t share the electronics. See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/txmEbShA3CI (I’m not an EE...) For the keyboard I’m using a HT16K33 in a 3 x 9 matrix The display board uses 5 cascaded HV5622 shift registers. Since the IN-17 has no dot, I had to use 3mm