I havent bothered with a deka pend since, noone I've showed it likes
it, 'whats that thing doing'.
Personally I like the glow from a dekatron just as much as a nixie.
Next in line for build is a vfd, I have several russian jobs waiting
to be used.
On 26 Feb, 21:13, threeneurons
I've played with og3's, I thought they were part argon, I might be
wrong though.
The only drawback for me was that they need 3 microcontroller pins, or
some circuitry to provide the 3 phases to drive them.
The brightness of the glow is also a bit less than a neon tube.
I had trouble getting the
| I've played with og3's, I thought they were part argon, I might be wrong
though.
| The brightness of the glow is also a bit less than a neon tube.
There are other gases that glow blue/violet. The only reason, I'm thinking
its not argon, is that argon is a larger atom than neon. The color
Personally, I'm leery of all high speeds. I still don't know if there's a
consensus on what the gas mix is in those purple jobs. I'm leaning towards
hydrogen. If so, it'll react with the innards, and eventually, no joy.
I haven't played with that tube, but I have looked at its datasheet, and
