Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-08 Thread John Rehwinkel
> I even beleve the ripple will be blurred by the luminace time of the NIMO's > phosphor Yeah, unless you get really unlucky, and your HV oscillator frequency is just 1 Hertz from a harmonic of the mux frequency. Then you could get a 1-second oscillation, which could be visible. Granted, this

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-08 Thread Tidak Ada
-Original Message- From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Rehwinkel Sent: dinsdag 8 november 2011 14:29 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube >>>> > [] >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-08 Thread John Rehwinkel
> Thanks for all the input so far. I am gravitating towards a switching > HV supplier (like the 555 style) plus a multisegment CW multiplier. Makes sense. The CFL inverters mentioned work similarly to the HV power supply in the CyClock, driving a step-up transformer with a couple of transistors.

[neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-08 Thread marcin
Thanks for all the input so far. I am gravitating towards a switching HV supplier (like the 555 style) plus a multisegment CW multiplier. Could somebody advise on the capacitors in the multiplier? I understand that the capacitance influences the drop and the ripple voltage (as does the switching fr

[neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-08 Thread Nick
On Nov 8, 12:48 am, Jeff Thomas wrote: > Marcin, > Back in 2003; I used a low cost CFL Inverter, and added a multiplier > on the backside to power a one tube NIMO clock called the CyClock. > Here is a link to the schematic in PDF > form:http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/cyclock.pdf Jeff - I presume t

[neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-07 Thread Jeff Thomas
Marcin, Back in 2003; I used a low cost CFL Inverter, and added a multiplier on the backside to power a one tube NIMO clock called the CyClock. Here is a link to the schematic in PDF form: http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/cyclock.pdf The MCU was James Sweet's AT2313 one tube Nixie clock, controlling t

[neonixie-l] Re: 2.5kV power supplier for Nimo tube

2011-11-06 Thread Nick
CW multiplier is the obvious (and cheap) way... especially at that low current. I have a few of these too, but have yet to light one up... so many things to do, so little time ;-( Nick On Nov 6, 9:55 am, marcin wrote: > Hi All, > > Recently I acquired couple of those Nimo tubes. And now of cour