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

2020-06-19 Thread John Snow
Highly recommend Adafruit's Iceclock kit for an IV-18, built a few & it's open-source, which is good as it's been out of production a while. On Wednesday, 17 June 2020 23:03:22 UTC+1, roy teddmann wrote: > > Hello everyone!! Im new here and pretty new to Nixie's. I have always had > a passion

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube counter

2020-06-19 Thread Mark Moulding
For your application, you'll of course not be using the MAX7219. Since you only need two digits, I think the easiest way would be to use two a couple 74141 BCD-decimal decoder/drivers, with the inputs directly connected to one of the Arduino ports. The logic would be extra-simple, since there

[neonixie-l] Nixie Tube counter

2020-06-19 Thread Paul Andrews
There are several options for driving the nixies. One that will work well is the HV5812. It works at 5V and has exactly the number of outputs you need. You can drive it from an Arduino using the SPI library. It will need an 80V source, but that is easy to provide with either a simple resistor

[neonixie-l] Nixie Tube counter

2020-06-19 Thread Paul Andrews
You don’t say what Arduino board you will be using, but you will will likely also need a boost converter to give you 5V From the lipo. This charger from adafruit will give you both the charger and the boost converter : https://www.adafruit.com/product/2465 -- You received this message