Re: [neonixie-l] One-Bit Digital Clock

2015-07-23 Thread PsyPhi
slipped back in time to the 1960's That would make sense. After all, much of it came from the 60's originally. The nixie dekatron tubes (and their oddball sockets), the 6211 twin triode (used as a flip-flop that also directly drives the nixie), and the 6.3V filament transformer were all

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-23 Thread Chaos Hydra
Well, as a newb, I do not how to do AC filament drive so I settled for DC. Since I will use tube play later on, Would you mind show me some good resourse explain how to do it? I appreciate any help! On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 3:04:04 AM UTC-4, Terry Kennedy wrote: On Wednesday, July 22,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-23 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 2:12:43 PM UTC-4, Chaos Hydra wrote: I see what you mean now. Still, I managed to find a regulator chip that can do the trick, because it take 5V input. http://www.linear.com/product/LT1587-1.5 Thanks a lot! If possible, you want to use AC filament drive. DC

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-23 Thread petehand
Beg pardon. I had originally written 4.7 ohms, changed one instance, not the other. On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 8:43:22 AM UTC-7, I wrote: Yellow violet gold ?? Try again. Ira -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To

Re: [neonixie-l] One-Bit Digital Clock

2015-07-23 Thread Tom Harris
Ever read Dr. Seuss? In one of my favourites Dr. S's Sleep Book we have a special clock: But I do know this clock does one very slick trick. It doesn’t tick tock. How it goes, is tock tick. Looks like yours slipped back in time to the 1960's and visited the good Doctor S. Tom Harris