[neonixie-l] Re: Testing a 74141

2023-09-28 Thread Craig Garnett
Yes VCC on 5 and ground on 12 does seem a bit odd. I am in the UK but I need two of them. I'm toying with the idea of getting two from Cricklewood Electronics or using 4028's and MPSA42's which seems like a better idea but it means finding space for 20 transistors on the board. On Thursday, 28

[neonixie-l] Re: Testing a 74141

2023-09-28 Thread Nick Sargeant
I think I'd agree. I've used the Russian K155ID1 drivers from eBay which seem to work OK (after finding out the first Eagle library I used had the power supply pins swapped so VCC was on pin 12 - reminded me to check new library symbols every time now) but it's clearly been a long time, since

[neonixie-l] Re: Testing a 74141

2023-09-28 Thread Craig Garnett
That didn't work either, I think I've been sold a duff one. Craig On Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at 14:30:22 UTC+1 Craig Garnett wrote: > Thanks Nick, I'll try that. > Back in my day I mostly used 4000 CMOS, I didn't do much with TTL. > > On Wednesday, 27 September 2023 at 11:23:17 UTC+1 Nick