Re: [neonixie-l] A local Nixie Site!

[Richard Scales]

Sadly it seems that (for now at least) the risk of getting B-7971 at 
anywhere near an affordable (for me) price is extremely low and unless 
anyone unearths a mountain of them and is willing to sell for what may be 
considered a reasonable price then I cant see the situation changing.

Same thing with ZM1350's.

I was 'late to the party' on both these devices but managed to get almost 
enough without having to sell too many organs.

I'm always on the lookout for B-7971, ZM1350 and SP-101 - but then again, I 
suspect we all are!

- Richard


On Sunday, 13 September 2020 05:02:25 UTC+1, Pramanicin wrote:
>
> Speaking of crazy prices, someone is trying to sell B7971's for $300 a 
> piece on the bay.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 12, 2020, at 17:21, Nicholas Stock > 
> wrote:
>
> 
> They are a little pricey, but they're very well built and the 
> web-interface is very well done. 
>
> I dressed mine up a little...
>
> 
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 4:39 PM Dan Hollis  > wrote:
>
>> $399 is pretty crazy for a clock without tubes.
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, martin martin wrote:
>>
>> > I found this one..  Some nice products and kits:
>> > https://omnixie.com/
>> >
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[neonixie-l] Re: B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects

[Richard Scales]

I have used these via the Smart Socket concept which allows you to easily 
display numbers, letters, punctuation and user defined characters on any 
number of these tubes.
I have used 'smart' sockets for B-7971's as well as ZM1350, SP-101 and now 
16 segment LED 'starburst' displays.
My clocks display time, day, date, month, year, temperature, pressure, 
local wind speed and direction, random words and my latest variant also 
displays the name of a place in the world where it is 'Just After Five!'.
There is good support over at the Smart Sockets group and I have a stack of 
bare PCB's available if you fancy a go. All you need is a PIC16F690, some 
resistors and MPSA42's and you just squirt serial data to them to display 
data, define characters, chose transition effects, etc,etc (I'm a bit of a 
fan - does it show?). 
There are several transition effects including various fades and wipes as 
well as a bitwise breakdown and rebuild. All transitions can have their 
speed defined.
I have also 'developed' a controller using a WeMos D1 as well as a Teensy 
3.2 (mostly because I am not clever enough to code the whole thing on one 
WiFi enabled Micro) which does time sync, scrape data from the internet, 
read temp and pressure, send random words - or now names of places in the 
world where it is just after five. It also reads a PIR for shutdown of HV 
supplies when you are not watching (be kind to your tubes) as well as 
control neons for colons.
Ask me anything!
- Richard

On Sunday, 13 September 2020 02:15:35 UTC+1, LeRoy Lee wrote:
>
> I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify  
> they work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a 
> clock.  Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more.
> Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for 
> their use?
>

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Re: [neonixie-l] B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects

[Paul Andrews]

The 8 digit ‘clock’ is mentioned on the front page, but I can’t find it 
anywhere else on the site. Did it ever make it into production?

On Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 9:17:37 PM UTC-4 Pramanicin wrote:

> Check out Mitch's 8 digit B7971 wordclock?
>
> Www.angryelectrons.co
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 12, 2020, at 18:15, LeRoy Lee  wrote:
>
> I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify  
> they work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a 
> clock.  Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more.
>
> Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for 
> their use?
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Re: [neonixie-l] A local Nixie Site!

[Nicholas Stock]

Speaking of crazy prices, someone is trying to sell B7971's for $300 a piece on 
the bay.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 12, 2020, at 17:21, Nicholas Stock  wrote:
> 
> 
> They are a little pricey, but they're very well built and the web-interface 
> is very well done. 
> 
> I dressed mine up a little...
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 4:39 PM Dan Hollis  wrote:
>> $399 is pretty crazy for a clock without tubes.
>> 
>> On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, martin martin wrote:
>> 
>> > I found this one..  Some nice products and kits:
>> > https://omnixie.com/
>> >
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Re: [neonixie-l] B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects

[Nicholas Stock]

Check out Mitch's 8 digit B7971 wordclock?

Www.angryelectrons.co

Nick



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> On Sep 12, 2020, at 18:15, LeRoy Lee  wrote:
> 
> I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify  they 
> work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a clock.  
> Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more.
> Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for 
> their use?
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[neonixie-l] B7971 alpha-numeric display tube tester and projects

[LeRoy Lee]

I have 10 of the B7971 display tubes and I need to test them to verify  
they work, and then I want to find some interesting use for them beyond a 
clock.  Seems a waste to use only for numbers when they can do so much more.
Any easy way to verify the tubes, and do any of you have unique ideas for 
their use?

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[neonixie-l] Re: B5750 tubes

[Nicholas Stock]

Sold!

Nick

On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 4:59 PM Nicholas Stock  wrote:

> I have 7 NOS B5750 nixies here that I'm not going to useif interested,
> PM me with reasonable offers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick
>
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[neonixie-l] B5750 tubes

[Nicholas Stock]

I have 7 NOS B5750 nixies here that I'm not going to useif interested, PM 
me with reasonable offers.

Cheers,

Nick

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Re: [neonixie-l] A local Nixie Site!

[Dan Hollis]

$399 is pretty crazy for a clock without tubes.

On Sat, 12 Sep 2020, martin martin wrote:


I found this one..  Some nice products and kits:
https://omnixie.com/


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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Lens end neon bulb

[GastonP]

Those do look nice! Good find. If they are more stable than  INS-1s, which 
sometimes develop kind of a flickering, I envision the supply will dry 
pretty soon.

On Friday, September 11, 2020 at 10:23:19 PM UTC-3 bdu...@gmail.com wrote:

> Not sure if anyone else is interested, but I bought some of the bulbs at 
> the Electronics Surplus site, and they do have the lens end.  They are 
> $0.45 each.  Attached is a picture of the purchased bulbs.
> - Bill
>
>
>
> On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 12:37:44 PM UTC-4, Bill Duane wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gaston,
>> Those look exactly like the ones I have!  Great find.
>>
>> I did locate another possible source, but it is a little hard to see from 
>> the picture if there is a lens on the top of the bulb or not.  
>> Interestingly, the bulbs you located are NE-1M, and these are NE-1P.
>>
>>
>> https://www.electronicsurplus.com/inter-market-inc-ne-1p-lamps-lights-neon-miniature
>>
>> Good news is the NE-1Ps are a less expensive - guess I will have to buy a 
>> few to see if there is a lens.
>>
>> Thanks for helping out.
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>> On Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 10:25:55 AM UTC-4, GastonP wrote:
>>>
>>> I just found this ones in the auction site we all love (tongue in 
>>> cheek). Usual disclaimers apply (not my auction, don't know the seller, 
>>> etc.)
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/NE-1M-Neon-Light-Bulbs-with-magnifier-focus-lens-For-turntable-speed-strobes/172514011732
>>>
>>> Pretty expensive priced, but it gives a hint on the name (NE-1M) and one 
>>> possible application (turntable strobe light) which explains the price.
>>>
>>> Gastón
>>>
>>>
>>>

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Re: [neonixie-l] A local Nixie Site!

[Allen]

I have one of their clocks. The Omnixie WiFi smart clock. 
It a very nice well built clock. I had tubes on hand IN-8 so I bought it 
tubeless. The actual clock was fully assembled and ready to run, the only “kit” 
part was assembling the tube adapter boards. 
The pins on those boards are TINY and fragile,  so be careful when plugging 
them into the motherboard. 

Allen Wisbey, W1SBY


> On Sep 12, 2020, at 9:33 AM, martin martin  wrote:
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> I found this one..  Some nice products and kits:
> https://omnixie.com/
> 
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[neonixie-l] A local Nixie Site!

[martin martin]

I found this one..  Some nice products and kits:
https://omnixie.com/


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