Re: [neonixie-l] Homebrew clock at the auction.

2020-01-01 Thread Ron Walsh
Looks to be on the same caliber as my clocks.  At least it costs a lot less than some. ...Semper Fidelis... On Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 10:31:22 PM EST, Terry S wrote: This caught my eye. Check out the craftsmanship:

Re: [neonixie-l] More spirals...

2019-10-16 Thread Ron Walsh
I just love those spiral Nixies. ...Semper Fidelis... On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 7:16:51 PM EDT, Bill Notfaded wrote: I want some Nick! Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [neonixie-l] World's largest "Nixie" clock?

2019-06-25 Thread Ron Walsh
I have seen that clock.  Maybe is was the unconscious encounter that made me fall in love with tiny buzzing tubes. ...Semper Fidelis... On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 11:00:09 PM EDT, celzey11 wrote: Saw this beauty in Copenhagen and thought it belonged on here! -- You received this

Re: [neonixie-l] Modified projection display clock

2019-06-21 Thread Ron Walsh
Those are awesome looking.  I would love to see those in a clock setup. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... On Friday, June 21, 2019, 9:27:32 PM EDT, Swan Donovan wrote: Awesome. Sounds like light guide / edge lit displays. I've been looking for a set for a while -- You received this message

Re: [neonixie-l] Russian clock kit ordered

2019-06-16 Thread Ron Walsh
as the pictures. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... On Sunday, June 16, 2019, 2:39:29 PM EDT, HuggerMugger wrote: Finally got the clock together and it looks pretty smart. Just powered it for a second; still have to locate my instruments. nWE moved a few months ago and I still haven’t located my

RE: [neonixie-l] Current kits ?

2019-06-08 Thread Ron Walsh
Pete over at pvelectronics is my go to guy for my clock kits.  He came out with a really easy way to use GPS to sync the clocks.  I recommend him without reservation. Ron...Semper Fidelis... null -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l&q

Re: [neonixie-l] Anyone still make dekatron spinners or have any pcb's or kits?

2019-05-01 Thread Ron Walsh
One of the members here sells dekatron spinner kits on ebay.  You can check out his site at https://threeneurons.wordpress.com/ I have built several of his kits, and they are amazing. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 1:23:12 PM EDT, Bill Notfaded wrote: I've been

Re: [neonixie-l] 1st post..and locking for projects

2019-02-18 Thread Ron Walsh
Welcome aboard.  Looks to be a fine clock you built.  If you are looking for kits, check out Nixie Tube Clock Kits - PV Electronics  I have built several of these clocks, and they are easy to put together, work great and the owner is a member here. Ron | | | | | | | | | | | Nixie

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

2019-01-26 Thread Ron Walsh
Looking forward to seeing what you have.  I am especially interested in an Arduino controlled clock.  I have built several clocks, most of which came from Pete over at pvelectronics.co.uk.  I still do not have a clock of my own,  much to my wife's  annoyance. Ron ...Semper Fidelis

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

2018-12-11 Thread Ron Walsh
Welcome to the nuthouse Tyler.  You will find many people who have fallen under the spell of the Nixie.  ...Semper Fidelis... On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 8:57:32 PM EST, Tyler Bourne wrote: Hello!  Just thought I would post since I've been lurking for quite a while.  I'm

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Ongoing project: 12 tube date + time clock

2018-12-11 Thread Ron Walsh
I would personally be afraid of the smd stuff, as I have had no experience with them.  Through hole is pretty much all I have done. ...Semper Fidelis... On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 4:14:05 PM EST, wrote: I would love one depending on affordability. I used to be afraid but after

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-10 Thread Ron Walsh
Very nice.  I have a board full of IN-12s that would look great lit up like that. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:23 PM, Kevin A. wrote: Guess what boys, got it working! I'll post the code once I make it a little nicer to look at. Good ol bit banging

Re: [neonixie-l] Small neon bulbs 50 for $5

2016-03-03 Thread Ron Walsh
Could you let us know when you are posting these to eBay?  I am interested in getting one. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... On Thursday, March 3, 2016 7:30 PM, 严泽远 <yanzey...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Dan, I'd like to try an auction on eBay at first, will take some pictures and let you kno

Re: [neonixie-l] Divergence Meter, new design with NL-5440A/IN-14/IN-8-2, battery powered.

2015-10-13 Thread Ron Walsh
I would be interested in one as well.  From what I have seen from the web page, this is a first rate clock/DM.  I would be interested to see what one of these would cost. Ron  ...Semper Fidelis... On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:57 PM, "bb0...@live.com" <bb0...@liv

Re: [neonixie-l] 1969 Monroe/Compucorp Nixie Calculator Teardown

2015-01-26 Thread Ron Schuster
I probably have a few. How many were you looking for? On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 12:53:00 PM UTC-5, jrehwin wrote: I stumbled onto this link for a teardown of a 1969 Monroe/Compucorp Nixie Calculator in my email from EDN. Apparently, Monroe predates Compucorp; one of the boards in

RE: [neonixie-l] Nice quiet month...

2014-11-28 Thread Ron Walsh
As a matter of fact I am working on a clock for my wife.  :) Semper Fidelis div Original message /divdivFrom: Nick n...@desmith.net /divdivDate:11/28/2014 12:31 (GMT-05:00) /divdivTo: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com /divdivSubject: [neonixie-l] Nice quiet month... /divdiv

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

2014-10-07 Thread Ron Walsh
Have you contacted Peter (PV Electronics) about the heat issue? I have used I think three of his kits, and I have not noticed anything getting particularly hot. The first clock I built has been in operation for over a year now, and if the clock were to go down, I am sure my daughter would be

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Whatbox

2014-04-04 Thread Ron Schuster
How about these? 120v for $6.04. You'd only need to use 8 of them to get to 96v. With a little metal spacer they'd probably fit in a AA battery holder. http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-pcs-GP23A-12V-Alarm-Remote-Alkaline-Batteries-GP-23AE-21-23-A23-23A-23GA-MN21-/300692052849 On Friday, April 4,

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-18 gone bad.

2014-01-23 Thread Ron Schuster
[I learned the hard way on some of my earliest clocks regarding current limiting resistors. :S] Could you please elaborate on what you were referring to here? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To unsubscribe from this group

[neonixie-l] Nixies on your iPhone

2013-08-05 Thread Ron Schuster
I laughed out loud (LedOL, LOLed ?) when I saw the screenshots of this app with nixie tubes in the display. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ir-thermometer/id424476725?mt=8 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [neonixie-l] Abridged summary of neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 2 Topics

2013-05-30 Thread ron
sinks in the atmosphere to form a thin layer along the floor. Unless you have quite a draft it stays down there. I certainly do not propose slopping mercury all over the place though! ron (glasslinger) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l

[neonixie-l] Re: NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-12 Thread Ron Schuster
I found out why the 10k didn't work. This is being driven by pin 3 on the PIC (RA4) which is an open-drain output. I have a 10k pull-up on it. Reducing the base resistor to 10k loaded this down too much. When I reduce the pull-up to 2k, the 10k base resistor works. On Tuesday, September 11,

[neonixie-l] Re: NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-12 Thread Ron Schuster
When I said this worked well, I had only tried this on one lamp, and it blanked that one nicely. Now I tried adding the resistors on all the lamps. This works fine for the lamps, but it's causing problems in the nixies; parts of the anodes and/or cathodes are glowing where they shouldn't be.

Re: [neonixie-l] NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Schuster
True. Interestingly, mine has more than I had expected. I haven't seen some of this junk for decades. I have 180v, 240v, 300v. I'm not sure why. I've been collecting stuff since the 60's. Of course I had nothing in the needed range! So I strung together a bunch of 12s and 15s to get 66v. That

[neonixie-l] Re: NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-11 Thread Ron Schuster
On Friday, September 7, 2012 11:01:40 AM UTC-4, dr pepper wrote: Neon lamps will light from a very small current, I suspect you have a leakage issue. Try connecting a 100k or so from q9's base to ground to make sure the tranny is off. Maybe reduce the 33k feeding q9's base to 10k as

Re: [neonixie-l] NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-10 Thread Ron Schuster
Great explanation. Thanks! So then I could actually just use a zener in place of that resistor/diode network, right? On Saturday, September 8, 2012 3:25:41 AM UTC-4, Frank Bemelman wrote: Hi Ron, Multiplexing was also often seen with LED displays (7 segment) and that worked very well

Re: [neonixie-l] NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-07 Thread Ron Schuster
All of my PIC programming is in C or Pascal. Sorry, no assembler. On Friday, September 7, 2012 11:04:47 AM UTC-4, Bill v wrote: Hi Ron, Providing the MPSA transistor is OK, it should work. There is one thought I have, since the bulbs require very little current to glow, could

Re: [neonixie-l] NE-2 lamps not fully blanking

2012-09-07 Thread Ron Schuster
I've seen an arrangement something like that in some schematics I've seen on the web. Can you explain what that does? On Friday, September 7, 2012 10:58:57 AM UTC-4, Frank Bemelman wrote: Hi Ron, You could try two resistors of 47K in series, between HV and GND. Connect a diode 1N4148

[neonixie-l] Re: PCB manufacturer - fast,cheap and good??

2012-07-30 Thread Ron Schuster
The old NEONIXIE-L group on Yahoo Groups had a list of PCB manufacturers in the file area. I guess Google Groups doesn't have a feature like that. I don't know if it's outdated now but the old list is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEONIXIE-L/links/PCB_Fabricators_001165608983/ On Saturday,

Re: [neonixie-l] Abridged summary of neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 36 Messages in 4 Topics

2012-06-22 Thread ron
On 6/22/2012 12:46 AM, neonixie-l@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l/topics * Finally completed my latest project... #group_thread_0 [29 Updates] * Question on darkened ZM1005 tubes #group_thread_1 [1 Update] * IN-23

Re: [neonixie-l] Abridged summary of neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 16 Messages in 4 Topics

2012-06-17 Thread ron
winded here so I will cut it off. Jens, keep up the good work! The old wind bag will bark at you but just ignore him! Also, there is an envelope full of goodies on the way! ron (glasslinger) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post

Re: [neonixie-l] Abridged summary of neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 10 Messages in 4 Topics

2012-06-07 Thread ron
First publish of tubecrafter.com is on the air! It has some mistakes but bear with me, I'll get them fixed shortly. I'll be adding pages almost daily so if what you need isn't there email me and I'll work on that first. ron (glasslinger) -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] Abridged summary of neonixie-l@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 2 Topics

2012-06-06 Thread ron
begins! Update on the epoxy sealed cat nixie: The cat is still glowing fine! There is a slight receding of the getter but no white areas. Possibly just residual outgassing. Remember: this is cheap JB weld epoxy, not the industrial stuff! I am surprised that it is holding up like this! ron

[neonixie-l] newbie dummy

2012-05-27 Thread ron
Hey, I'm new at this! I must be totally dumb because I can't see how to respond to posts. Usually there is a respond link but none are present on the posts. Can someone show me where to get a quick tutorial on how the group works. (the google help for the groups is worthless!) glasslinger --

[neonixie-l] Re: Beginner suggestions for PCB design

2012-03-21 Thread Ron Schuster
Check out the DesignSpark PCB program. http://www.designspark.com/theme/designspark-pcb It does schematic and PCB layout and includes an auto-router, a 3D view feature, and a very large library of components. It seems very professional and full-featured. It's free and it doesn't have any

[neonixie-l] Re: Alternative to MPSA42 for direct drive clocks.

2012-03-01 Thread Ron Schuster
Could you clarify something for me? Are you saying is that a 74141 should not be used for cathode-side blanking? What about the Russian K155ID1, which I assume has similar specs to the 74141? On Feb 28, 7:24 pm, David Forbes dfor...@dakotacom.net wrote: On 2/28/12 4:48 PM, Deviantgeek wrote:

[neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing problems (low current)

2012-01-10 Thread Ron Schuster
I'm using the same circuit but I have these resistor values: R1 = 33k, R2 = 220k , R3 = 2.2k. I don't remember where I got those values from originally. I'm sure I just copied them from someone else's schematic. I guess the exact values are not all that critical, but I just wondering if there is a