Re: [neonixie-l] CRT - heater connected to cathode - 6.3V AC or DC

2023-06-17 Thread gregebert
20 years ? Amazing. How is the phosphor holding up after 20 years ? Do you dim the CRT (ie, with a PIR sensor or manually turning-down the brightness) , or just let that run as well ? I have an 8SJ31J CRT clock kit I bought from an overseas seller (it wouldn't surprise me if they plagiarized

Re: [neonixie-l] CRT - heater connected to cathode - 6.3V AC or DC

2023-06-17 Thread David Forbes
The Ccope Clock has a rather unusual power supply. It makes a 100kHz square wave for the tube heater. You can't measure it as 6.3V RMS because it's not a sine wave. When I designed and tested the transformer, I went by the color of the orange heater glow to get the voltage correct. It seems to

[neonixie-l] Re: CRT - heater connected to cathode - 6.3V AC or DC

2023-06-17 Thread gregebert
Where is the power to the regulator for the +5v isolated supply coming from ? That source needs to be isolated as well. On Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 9:01:46 AM UTC-7 Max DN wrote: > That was a mistake, I have corrected the schematic, attached. Grahame > pointed it out too. Apologies. > > What

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Diving VFD such as IV-22 etc DC Vs AC Filament drive

2023-06-17 Thread David Pye
For the longer tubes where the brightness gradient is problematic, the usual DC-DC converter to get the voltage followed by an H-bridge to generate an alternating polarity square wave is another option. David On Sat, 17 Jun 2023 at 04:29, Richard Scales wrote: > Many thanks for all your

[neonixie-l] Re: CRT - heater connected to cathode - 6.3V AC or DC

2023-06-17 Thread gregebert
I see a +5 v supply going to the filament supply, but there is no mention of that being isolated like the 12V_isolated supply. I suspect there is missing isolation somewhere. The filament is biased near the cathode voltage, which is several hundred volts negative. On Saturday, June 17, 2023 at

[neonixie-l] Dalibor H tubes

2023-06-17 Thread Robert
Did anyone here buy the two prototype tubes Dalibor had for sale? Rob -- 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