Re: [neonixie-l] B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread martin martin
Dalibor is the king of new tubes these days! I wonder if we should do a group trip and fly out to see him and his factory!? Maybe a new post is in order! ~ *mcvei...@gmail.com * On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:35 PM Nicholas Stock wrote: > Ha ha! I like your thinking. > > $150 - $200 is

Re: [neonixie-l] B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread martin martin
He's from TX and those are large tubes. I think he should make it $300 for 6 of em so I can make another clock to put next to the 1/2" high little Russian's! ~ *mcvei...@gmail.com * On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:25 PM Nicholas Stock wrote: > Would appear that the seller changed his

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread gregebert
I'm suspecting a hold-time violation on the serial-data input pin. Some questions: 1. Are you running all supply (12V +/- 10%) and signal voltages (Vih > 10 volts, Vil < 2 volts) within datasheet specs. Some people have reported using the HV5530 outside these requirements. Since you are using

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread Bill Notfaded
Yes you can read the output of the serial chain then... It's kinda like connecting your last smartsocket serial back to the Arduino or raspberry pi. Same idea. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread Mitch
Thanks for your reply, Greg. The CD4504 is used on all signal lines to the HV5530s. Initially only the first HV5530 operated correctly. I did not even think to run clock and data lines in opposite directions. I did experiment using microsecond delays to slow the data transfers on all GPIOs

[neonixie-l] B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread Nicholas Stock
Would appear that the seller changed his tactics...

Re: [neonixie-l] B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread Nicholas Stock
Ha ha! I like your thinking. $150 - $200 is probably a more reasonable price range, but hey, some people just got to have 'em On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:32 PM martin martin wrote: > He's from TX and those are large tubes. > I think he should make it $300 for 6 of em so I can make another

[neonixie-l] Re: B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread 'Greg P' via neonixie-l
Seller is smoking crack. Tube/tubes in those pictures looks like there's some darkening on the sides of the glass envelope. Potential buyers beware, this guy is shady based on my previous experience. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/neonixie-l/veqAED_pleQ On Wednesday, July

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread gregebert
If I was going to serially connect a bunch of HV5530's, then I would place a rising-edge flip-flop between each serial-out to serial-in path. This guarantees 1/2 cycle hold-time margin. Then I would run the last serial output back into my microcontroller. That way, you can run diagnostic tests

Re: [neonixie-l] B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread Kevin A.
I would buy Dalibor's tubes before these. Similar digit size and I'd rather support him. On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 3:32 PM martin martin wrote: > He's from TX and those are large tubes. > I think he should make it $300 for 6 of em so I can make another clock to > put next to the 1/2" high little

[neonixie-l] Re: Russian multimeter translation

2019-07-10 Thread alex nolan
I think it says "Вольтметр универсальный В7-16" at the top. If you google that, you can find some webpages with more info. I do like the look of these multimeters, but the biggest challenge for using them for me would be the 220V input On Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 5:49:05 PM UTC-4, Terry

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Russian multimeter translation

2019-07-10 Thread jb-electronics
It has a 110V/220V switch at the back. Jens On 2019-07-10 6:26 p.m., alex nolan wrote: I think it says "Вольтметр универсальный В7-16" at the top. If you google that, you can find some webpages with more info. I do like the look of these multimeters, but the biggest challenge for using them

[neonixie-l] Re: B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread Dekatron42
Looking carefully at the photos you can see that the pins are somewhat bent and if I see correctly it looks like the glass has cracked around a few of the pins so they haven't been pulled out of their sockets in the proper way and this might lead to leaky Nixies! There is some light reflecting

Re: [neonixie-l] Technical bibles of showbiz (and neon)

2019-07-10 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Jul 10, 2019, at 2:34 AM, 'Grahame' via neonixie-l > wrote: > > by BigClive > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOfghE59jq0 I have the first two books. I received them along with a ton of other stuff when I went to neon school. Unfortunately, my career as a tube-bender never got off

Re: [neonixie-l] Russian multimeter translation

2019-07-10 Thread 'John Rehwinkel' via neonixie-l
> I do like the look of these multimeters, but the biggest challenge for using > them for me would be the 220V input I picked up a 120 to 240V step-up transformer at Radio Shack years ago and use it for many such things. I grabbed a second one on the cheap when they were going out of

[neonixie-l] Re: B8091's

2019-07-10 Thread Paul Andrews
I've just about given up buying tubes. I can't justify the price, given that I already have more than I will ever make clocks for. There are still some models that I would like to get individual samples of though. On Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 3:25:38 PM UTC-4, Pramanicin wrote: > > Would

[neonixie-l] Re: Russian multimeter translation

2019-07-10 Thread J Forbes
there are cyrillic keyboards online, you can use to type the text, then use a translator to translate to the nearest English equivalent. WAIVERSAM HEAT METER is what it says at the top, sort of -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l"

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread Mitch
Continuing the discussion on this old thread... My 24 digit binary clock design had two, HV5530s separated by 12". The first in the data series worked perfectly, but the second would not because of too much noise on the data line. I had two unused level converters on the CD4504 so I separated

[neonixie-l] Technical bibles of showbiz (and neon)

2019-07-10 Thread 'Grahame' via neonixie-l
by BigClive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOfghE59jq0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to

[neonixie-l] Re: What does your shop look like?

2019-07-10 Thread Dan Harboe Burer
martin martin, Yes HP counters, 19" voltmeters, and smaller voltmeters; all with nixie tubes.. I even have another HP counter hidden behind a stack of instruments somewhere in the garage... Dan søndag den 7. juli 2019 kl. 19.20.58 UTC+2 skrev martin martin: > > We all design and build clocks