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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

2017-05-16 Thread Instrument Resources of America


Thank you Paul Harvey from the beyond!!!   LOL   Ira.


On 5/16/2017 12:49 PM, 'Terry S' via neonixie-l wrote:

And now, the rest of the story.

The Chinese government also subsidizes the postage, so that cost for 
their exporters is low. That's how you can pay .99 for the product AND 
shipping.
Clearly they also subsidize the cost of the product itself. There is 
NO economy where they can build, package, market, sell, and ship a 
tool of any flavor for .99. And make money.


Terry

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:32:15 AM UTC-5, philthepill wrote:

Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began
this was the problem - who pays the receiving country  when I send
a letter to a person in another country ( and their postal
system).   So most of the countries of the world got together and
signed the declaration of the Universal Postal Union.   It said
the sending country pays the cost of delivering mail to a foreign
country then the receiving country delivers the foreign mail
without any cost to the sender. You do it for our country and we
do it for yours.  It worked well when postal volumes between
countries was small but now the world buys millions of items from
China daily with delivery via postal mail but very few Chinese buy
anything from the rest of the world. So the receiving countries
are spending millions delivering foreign packages and the
tax-payer is on the hook.

We now subsidize shipping from China !Welcome to the world
of being taken to the cleaners.


-- Original Message --
From: Instrument Resources of America >
Date: May 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool
from China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the
U.S. Mail, as items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM
and the S & H $.99 (ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how
that is done?? Especially since it involves the U.S. Postal
Service??? Thanks Ira.


On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:

I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea,
from the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.

When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your
settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it
off. In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit
center". Its bad enough that shipping things to outside the US,
starts at ~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz),
but if I remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above that !

Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5.
Before 2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which
meant they waited until a shipping container was filled up,
before sending your parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost
was cheap, though it may take up to 3 months to get to your
destination. Chinese still do the same thing, though it probably
takes well less than a week to fill up one of their containers.

Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how
most parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The
item(s) are usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable
bags are tossed in on top of it. Padding is most often just the
thickness of the cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and
books, and even my kits. But not something you want to see when
shipping a CRT !

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

2017-05-16 Thread Instrument Resources of America


Aren't their wages terribly, artificially low also??   Ira


On 5/16/2017 12:49 PM, 'Terry S' via neonixie-l wrote:

And now, the rest of the story.

The Chinese government also subsidizes the postage, so that cost for 
their exporters is low. That's how you can pay .99 for the product AND 
shipping.
Clearly they also subsidize the cost of the product itself. There is 
NO economy where they can build, package, market, sell, and ship a 
tool of any flavor for .99. And make money.


Terry

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:32:15 AM UTC-5, philthepill wrote:

Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began
this was the problem - who pays the receiving country  when I send
a letter to a person in another country ( and their postal
system).   So most of the countries of the world got together and
signed the declaration of the Universal Postal Union.   It said
the sending country pays the cost of delivering mail to a foreign
country then the receiving country delivers the foreign mail
without any cost to the sender. You do it for our country and we
do it for yours.  It worked well when postal volumes between
countries was small but now the world buys millions of items from
China daily with delivery via postal mail but very few Chinese buy
anything from the rest of the world. So the receiving countries
are spending millions delivering foreign packages and the
tax-payer is on the hook.

We now subsidize shipping from China !Welcome to the world
of being taken to the cleaners.


-- Original Message --
From: Instrument Resources of America >
Date: May 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool
from China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the
U.S. Mail, as items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM
and the S & H $.99 (ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how
that is done?? Especially since it involves the U.S. Postal
Service??? Thanks Ira.


On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:

I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea,
from the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.

When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your
settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it
off. In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit
center". Its bad enough that shipping things to outside the US,
starts at ~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz),
but if I remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above that !

Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5.
Before 2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which
meant they waited until a shipping container was filled up,
before sending your parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost
was cheap, though it may take up to 3 months to get to your
destination. Chinese still do the same thing, though it probably
takes well less than a week to fill up one of their containers.

Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how
most parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The
item(s) are usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable
bags are tossed in on top of it. Padding is most often just the
thickness of the cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and
books, and even my kits. But not something you want to see when
shipping a CRT !

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

2017-05-16 Thread Instrument Resources of America

By the way what I bought was a precision three jaw chuck for my Dremel 
Tool. Probably $10.00 to $20.00 if made here. Very nice, holds a #60 
drill bit with no problem.Ira.



On 5/16/2017 12:49 PM, 'Terry S' via neonixie-l wrote:

And now, the rest of the story.

The Chinese government also subsidizes the postage, so that cost for 
their exporters is low. That's how you can pay .99 for the product AND 
shipping.
Clearly they also subsidize the cost of the product itself. There is 
NO economy where they can build, package, market, sell, and ship a 
tool of any flavor for .99. And make money.


Terry

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:32:15 AM UTC-5, philthepill wrote:

Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began
this was the problem - who pays the receiving country  when I send
a letter to a person in another country ( and their postal
system).   So most of the countries of the world got together and
signed the declaration of the Universal Postal Union.   It said
the sending country pays the cost of delivering mail to a foreign
country then the receiving country delivers the foreign mail
without any cost to the sender. You do it for our country and we
do it for yours.  It worked well when postal volumes between
countries was small but now the world buys millions of items from
China daily with delivery via postal mail but very few Chinese buy
anything from the rest of the world. So the receiving countries
are spending millions delivering foreign packages and the
tax-payer is on the hook.

We now subsidize shipping from China !Welcome to the world
of being taken to the cleaners.


-- Original Message --
From: Instrument Resources of America >
Date: May 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool
from China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the
U.S. Mail, as items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM
and the S & H $.99 (ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how
that is done?? Especially since it involves the U.S. Postal
Service??? Thanks Ira.


On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:

I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea,
from the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.

When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your
settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it
off. In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit
center". Its bad enough that shipping things to outside the US,
starts at ~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz),
but if I remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above that !

Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5.
Before 2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which
meant they waited until a shipping container was filled up,
before sending your parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost
was cheap, though it may take up to 3 months to get to your
destination. Chinese still do the same thing, though it probably
takes well less than a week to fill up one of their containers.

Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how
most parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The
item(s) are usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable
bags are tossed in on top of it. Padding is most often just the
thickness of the cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and
books, and even my kits. But not something you want to see when
shipping a CRT !

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[neonixie-l] Re: receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

2017-05-16 Thread 'Terry S' via neonixie-l

And now, the rest of the story.

The Chinese government also subsidizes the postage, so that cost for their 
exporters is low. That's how you can pay .99 for the product AND shipping.
Clearly they also subsidize the cost of the product itself. There is NO 
economy where they can build, package, market, sell, and ship a tool of any 
flavor for .99. And make money.

Terry

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:32:15 AM UTC-5, philthepill wrote:
>
> Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began this 
> was the problem - who pays the receiving country  when I send a letter to a 
> person in another country ( and their postal system).   So most of the 
> countries of the world got together and signed the declaration of the 
> Universal Postal Union.   It said the sending country pays the cost of 
> delivering mail to a foreign country then the receiving country delivers 
> the foreign mail without any cost to the sender. You do it for our country 
> and we do it for yours.  It worked well when postal volumes between 
> countries was small but now the world buys millions of items from China 
> daily with delivery via postal mail but very few Chinese buy anything from 
> the rest of the world. So the receiving countries are spending millions 
> delivering foreign packages and the tax-payer is on the hook.
>
> We now subsidize shipping from China !Welcome to the world of being 
> taken to the cleaners. 
>
> -- Original Message -- 
> From: Instrument Resources of America > 
> Date: May 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM 
>
> Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool from China 
> about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the U.S. Mail, as items from 
> China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM and the S & H $.99 (ninety nine 
> cents). Can anyone here tell how that is done?? Especially since it 
> involves the U.S. Postal Service??? Thanks Ira.
>
> On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote: 
>
> I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea, from the 
> get-go ! Just another reason not to use it. 
>
> When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your settings. 
> You had to go into your account settings, and turn it off. In general, its 
> a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit center". Its bad enough that shipping 
> things to outside the US, starts at ~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel 
> (and upto 8 oz), but if I remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above 
> that ! 
>
> Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5. Before 2005, 
> the postal service still had "surface mail", which meant they waited until 
> a shipping container was filled up, before sending your parcel off, on a 
> slow boat to oblivion. Cost was cheap, though it may take up to 3 months to 
> get to your destination. Chinese still do the same thing, though it 
> probably takes well less than a week to fill up one of their containers. 
>
> Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how most parcels 
> arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The item(s) are usually tossed 
> into the box, then those inflatable bags are tossed in on top of it. 
> Padding is most often just the thickness of the cardboard box. That's fine 
> for screws, and books, and even my kits. But not something you want to see 
> when shipping a CRT ! 
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV control chips

2017-05-16 Thread Paul Andrews

The datasheet says:

Transfer of data from the shift register to the latch occurs when the LE (latch 
enable) input is high. The data in the latch is stored when LE is low. 


> On May 16, 2017, at 2:15 PM, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.  
> wrote:
> 
> Oh, sorry for my fault! I didn't see that.
> 
> But since the HV5522 says "low-to-high" transition, i would say its 
> irrelevant when you put the pin low again, since the change is relevant, but 
> it would be easy to change the code, just move the line where OE gets low 
> down there...
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[neonixie-l] Re: HV control chips

2017-05-16 Thread SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.

Oh, sorry for my fault! I didn't see that.

But since the HV5522 says "low-to-high" transition, i would say its 
irrelevant when you put the pin low again, since the change is relevant, 
but it would be easy to change the code, just move the line where OE gets 
low down there...

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV control chips

2017-05-16 Thread Paul Andrews

Just read the datasheet for the HV5122/HV5222. They are quite different than 
the HV5522, at least in terms of how the data is latched, hence my confusion. 
In the HV5122/HV5222 you have to disable the display while you update it, which 
is what Jonathan is doing. With the HV5522 you can update the shift register 
with the display active. It won't display it until you latch it. 

> On May 16, 2017, at 12:22 PM, gregebert  wrote:
> 
> LE does the data-transfer
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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV control chips

2017-05-16 Thread gregebert

LE does the data-transfer

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV control chips

2017-05-16 Thread Paul Andrews

Shouldn't you take OE low immediately after taking it high? The data sheet 
states that it is a pulse rather than it existing as a state for a long period 
of time. Taking it high copies the state from the shift registers to the latch. 
Taking it low latches the data. 

> On May 16, 2017, at 8:06 AM, SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.  
> wrote:
> 
> Glad you made it work! :) 
> 
> Here is my version for the HV5122/HV5222 - note this has no "POL", but since 
> POL is static as BL, it is not a problem of code.
> 
> My code takes care of 2 chips, and uses standart hardware pins, i had to get 
> rid of "digitalWrite()" since its to slow.
> 
> 
> //*
> #define thePort PORTD //define Hardware port where Shift-Registers are 
> connected
> #define DATA PD5 //define Dataline
> #define OE 6 //define latch pin
> #define CLK PD7 //define clockline
> 
> void setOutputs(unsigned long val_one, unsigned long val_two) { //Function to 
> shift out 2 x 32bit fast enough to prevent flicker!
> 
> // WARNING!
> // This functions operates directly on ports, not via digitalWrite()
> // because digitalWrite() would be to slow, and display would flicker
> // if different pins are used, you maybe hav to change the variable "thePort"
> // to the matching I/O port letter of the controller!
> 
> digitalWrite(OE, LOW); //Disable Outputs to prevent flicker
> 
> //Send first 32-bit variable value
> 
> for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
> thePort &= ~_BV(DATA); //Data LOW
> if ( bitRead(val_one, i) == 1) {
> thePort |= _BV(DATA); //Data HIGH
> }
> thePort |= _BV(CLK); //CLK HIGH
> thePort &= ~_BV(CLK); //CLK LOW
> }
> 
> //Send second 32-bit variable value
> for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
> thePort &= ~_BV(DATA); //Data LOW
> if ( bitRead(val_two, i) == 1) {
> thePort |= _BV(DATA); //Data HIGH
> }
> thePort |= _BV(CLK); //CLK HIGH
> thePort &= ~_BV(CLK); //CLK LOW
> }
> digitalWrite(OE, HIGH); //Enable Outputs
> 
> }
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Re: [neonixie-l] receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

2017-05-16 Thread Instrument Resources of America

alb.001  thanks much for splainin it. It really had me baffled. 
Especially with what postal rates are here in the U.S. today. Ira



On 5/16/2017 8:32 AM, alb.001 alb.001 wrote:


Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began 
this was the problem - who pays the receiving country  when I send a 
letter to a person in another country ( and their postal system).   So 
most of the countries of the world got together and signed the 
declaration of the Universal Postal Union.   It said the sending 
country pays the cost of delivering mail to a foreign country then the 
receiving country delivers the foreign mail without any cost to the 
sender. You do it for our country and we do it for yours.  It worked 
well when postal volumes between countries was small but now the world 
buys millions of items from China daily with delivery via postal mail 
but very few Chinese buy anything from the rest of the world. So the 
receiving countries are spending millions delivering foreign packages 
and the tax-payer is on the hook.


We now subsidize shipping from China !Welcome to the world 
of being taken to the cleaners.



-- Original Message --
From: Instrument Resources of America 
Date: May 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool from 
China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the U.S. Mail, 
as items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM and the S & H 
$.99 (ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how that is done?? 
Especially since it involves the U.S. Postal Service??? Thanks Ira.



On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:
I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea, from 
the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.


When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your 
settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it off. 
In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit center". Its 
bad enough that shipping things to outside the US, starts at 
~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz), but if I 
remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above that !


Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5. Before 
2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which meant they 
waited until a shipping container was filled up, before sending your 
parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost was cheap, though it 
may take up to 3 months to get to your destination. Chinese still do 
the same thing, though it probably takes well less than a week to 
fill up one of their containers.


Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how most 
parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The item(s) are 
usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable bags are tossed 
in on top of it. Padding is most often just the thickness of the 
cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and books, and even my kits. 
But not something you want to see when shipping a CRT !


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[neonixie-l] receiving counrty pays the cost of postal transport

2017-05-16 Thread alb.001 alb.001

Wa back in the late 1800's when worldwide postal service began this was the problem - who pays the receiving country when I send a letter to a person in another country ( and their postal system). So most of the countries of the world got together and signed the declaration of the Universal Postal Union. It said the sending country pays the cost of delivering mail to a foreign country then the receiving country delivers the foreign mail without any cost to the sender. You do it for our country and we do it for yours. It worked well when postal volumes between countries was small but now the world buys millions of items from China daily with delivery via postal mail but very few Chinese buy anything from the rest of the world. So the receiving countries are spending millions delivering foreign packages and the tax-payer is on the hook.
We now subsidize shipping from China ! Welcome to the world of being taken to the cleaners.

-- Original Message --
From: Instrument Resources of America
Date: May 15, 2017 at 10:01 PM

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool from China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the U.S. Mail, as items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM and the S & H $.99 (ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how that is done?? Especially since it involves the U.S. Postal Service??? Thanks Ira.

On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:

I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea, from the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.

When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it off. In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit center". Its bad enough that shipping things to outside the US, starts at ~$13.50, for a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz), but if I remember, the fees the GSP charges, are way above that !

Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5. Before 2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which meant they waited until a shipping container was filled up, before sending your parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost was cheap, though it may take up to 3 months to get to your destination. Chinese still do the same thing, though it probably takes well less than a week to fill up one of their containers.

Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how most parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The item(s) are usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable bags are tossed in on top of it. Padding is most often just the thickness of the cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and books, and even my kits. But not something you want to see when shipping a CRT !

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: eBay GSP disposes of CRT for no reason

2017-05-16 Thread Instrument Resources of America

Speaking of Chinese, I ordered an attachment for my Dremel tool from
China about three weeks ago. It arrived yesterday in the U.S. Mail, as
items from China always do. TOTAL cost for the ITEM and the S & H $.99
(ninety nine cents). Can anyone here tell how that is done?? Especially
since it involves the U.S. Postal Service??? Thanks Ira.

On 5/15/2017 6:43 PM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l wrote:
I thought eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) was a bad idea, from
the get-go ! Just another reason not to use it.

When they introduced it, they automatically enabled it, in your
settings. You had to go into your account settings, and turn it off.
In general, its a rip-off ! Just another eBay "profit center". Its bad
enough that shipping things to outside the US, starts at ~$13.50, for
a minimal weight parcel (and upto 8 oz), but if I remember, the fees
the GSP charges, are way above that !

Before 2012, you could ship things international, for ~$5. Before
2005, the postal service still had "surface mail", which meant they
waited until a shipping container was filled up, before sending your
parcel off, on a slow boat to oblivion. Cost was cheap, though it may
take up to 3 months to get to your destination. Chinese still do the
same thing, though it probably takes well less than a week to fill up
one of their containers.

Its best to pack the parcel yourself. Have you ever seen how most
parcels arrive from Amazon, Granger, or McMaster ? The item(s) are
usually tossed into the box, then those inflatable bags are tossed in
on top of it. Padding is most often just the thickness of the
cardboard box. That's fine for screws, and books, and even my kits.
But not something you want to see when shipping a CRT !

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[neonixie-l] Re: HV control chips

2017-05-16 Thread SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.

Glad you made it work! :) 

Here is my version for the HV5122/HV5222 - note this has no "POL", but 
since POL is static as BL, it is not a problem of code.

My code takes care of 2 chips, and uses standart hardware pins, i had to 
get rid of "digitalWrite()" since its to slow.


//*
#define thePort PORTD //define Hardware port where Shift-Registers are 
connected 
#define DATA PD5 //define Dataline 
#define OE 6 //define latch pin 
#define CLK PD7 //define clockline

void setOutputs(unsigned long val_one, unsigned long val_two) { //Function 
to shift out 2 x 32bit fast enough to prevent flicker! 

// WARNING! 
// This functions operates directly on ports, not via digitalWrite() 
// because digitalWrite() would be to slow, and display would flicker 
// if different pins are used, you maybe hav to change the variable 
"thePort" 
// to the matching I/O port letter of the controller! 

digitalWrite(OE, LOW); //Disable Outputs to prevent flicker 

//Send first 32-bit variable value 

for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) { 
thePort &= ~_BV(DATA); //Data LOW 
if ( bitRead(val_one, i) == 1) { 
thePort |= _BV(DATA); //Data HIGH 
} 
thePort |= _BV(CLK); //CLK HIGH 
thePort &= ~_BV(CLK); //CLK LOW 
} 

//Send second 32-bit variable value 
for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) { 
thePort &= ~_BV(DATA); //Data LOW 
if ( bitRead(val_two, i) == 1) { 
thePort |= _BV(DATA); //Data HIGH 
} 
thePort |= _BV(CLK); //CLK HIGH 
thePort &= ~_BV(CLK); //CLK LOW 
} 
digitalWrite(OE, HIGH); //Enable Outputs 

}

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Re: [neonixie-l] eBay GSP disposes of CRT for no reason

2017-05-16 Thread SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.



Am Dienstag, 16. Mai 2017 02:57:03 UTC+2 schrieb I:
>
> From the way that reads God help us all, if they find out that Nixies DO 
> contain Mercury, albeit a minuscule amount.  HOWEVER, ANY amount of mercury 
> is forbidden on commercial airliners as far as I know.   Ira
>
>
>
You can have mercury in airplanes, unless its rated UN-. Since Ebay GSP 
cannot know how much mercury is in there, they will take the save side and 
say "its too high".
The Rules about dangerous goods are crap anyway!

I had a similar issue with UPS when shipping radioactive material. If a 
package contains more than 1uCi of a selected material, its rated UN2910, 
and they will not transport it. How ever, they do not care if you make 2 
packaged to fall under 1uCi per package. They will land in the same 
airplane, but its not a problem :) Stupid rules


I hate GSP, since often they charge much for shipping, then only good about 
GSP is that they charge import tax, and i don't have to pay the "customer 
fee" from our postal inport service... 

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