[neonixie-l] NixieNeon 99 cent Auction...

Yet another auction starting off cheap, just a different seller and clock :). Enjoy folks! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=300466530136 -joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post to this group, send an email

[neonixie-l] Yet another Nixieneon 99 cent auction

Hi Yall, Just a note to let you know I put another Nixieneon clock on Ebay. It's starting at 99 cents with no reserve. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=300474213695 Have fun! Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l

Re: [neonixie-l] Yet another 99 cent auction!

Hi Michail, 10 it is! heh heh. Thanks for adding the number. I get forgettable some days. -joe On Sunday 07 November 2010 21:50:00 micha...@aol.com wrote: Hey Joe. I will take ten of them at 99cents.heh. Ok, might be helpful to add the item number, as some of us are terrible at

Re: [neonixie-l] Please welcome...

Welcome Tidak, -joe On Thursday 11 November 2010 18:17:21 Nick wrote: ...Tidak Ada as our 300th member (here, anyway!) Cheers Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post to this group, send an email to

Re: [neonixie-l] Handmade desk calculator from pre-LED times

I must say, that is real pretty! -joe On Friday 26 November 2010 14:26:36 David Forbes wrote: One of my in-laws is a retired engineer. I was visiting their house yesterday for the annual feast of gluttony known as Thanksgiving, and spied a charming wooden gadget on a shelf. I had to poke at

[neonixie-l] NixieNeon clock on Ebay

I apologize for the self serving message but I wanted to let yall know that I have put a nixieneon clock kit on ebay starting at 99 cents with no reserve! It is item # 300501400060 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=300501400060 Happy bidding! -joe -- You received this

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Cold Cathode Tube Circuit Design DM Neale 1965

Hi Grahame, I missed the original post. It looks like an interesting book. I have the GE Glow Lamps book in PDF form. Would really like a copy of yours when you get it complete. -joe On Wednesday 23 March 2011 13:54:17 Grahame Marsh wrote: No response so I'll get scanning... It is a book

Re: [neonixie-l] Mammoth Project: E1T Clock FINISHED after 8 years!

Great clock Dieter. Love the digits! -joe On Sunday, March 27, 2011 05:14:49 PM Dieter Waechter wrote: Hello Nixie Friends, This evening I have finally finished one of my mammoth projects: The E1T clock. I hope you enjoy:

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Shipping USA to Germany

I kind of remember a cuckoo clock taking about that long to make it's way into a customer's hand in England. I chalked it up to them not drinking coffee. -joe On Friday 17 June 2011 11:09:47 threeneurons wrote: | This month two different buyers from Germany have contacted me, | wondering were

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: B7971's for sale (again)

Jeff, Those are pretty tubes!!! Darned shame you didn't offer these before I separated from my wife, I could have sold her to pay for them ;). -joe On Friday 24 June 2011 11:23:41 Jeff Thomas wrote: I've listed another tested batch of B7971's on ebay BIN for those who need them.

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Possible source forproducing new nixies?

I suspect most of the devotees end up not being rich because the fritter away their time and money on nixie tubes. We can hope there is an exception to the rule. Also, at 15 to 30 mins a tube, the custom made tubes will be quite expensive. It wiuld be nice to see all of those steps automated

Re: [neonixie-l] New member has a question

Are all of the young bucks mystified by the use of the command line? Granted, I have learned to debug code w/o a debugger, but that is about all an IDE buys you, the debugger. I'm stuck using Visual Studio at work and it's a royal pain! Slow to load, slow to build, slow to shutdown.The editor

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Tube Power Supply: 0..300V @ 30mA max.

I always envisioned such a to be 100V to 500V and a bit beefier in the current,somewhere between 50 and 100MA. Both linear regulators and voltage dividers are out of the question. If you think about it, a linear regulator and a load is a voltage divider, so in either case the power

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Tube Power Supply: 0..300V @ 30mA max.

I remember when I was in my early twenties thinking the same thing. I was so proud when I build my PWM power supply using a bipolar transistor (I would be surprised if a MOSFET worked any different). It was a big disappointment to learn by way of a burnt finger that it dissipated as much

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Neon ring counter nixie clock

Nixieneon started out just rings and at it's heart the CPU just keeps the rings honest by resetting them to the correct time every 5 minutes The rings are quite fickle -joe On Monday 08 August 2011 19:47:45 neutron spin wrote: Thanks for the info...They really look nice but I was thinking of

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Neon ring counter nixie clock

it to be reliable. -joe On Tuesday 09 August 2011 14:34:38 Quixotic Nixotic wrote: On 9 Aug 2011, at 12:30, Joe Croft wrote: Thank you! I really had to swallow hard to put the processor on the clock, but it was needed. It also added a little eye candy with the quarter hour marker lamps as well as being

Re: [neonixie-l] Who needs PCB's!!

I love point to point wiring like that!!! God only knows how they could afford putting that much manual labor into a product. I have a Drake 2B vacuum tube radio which is just as pretty :) -joe On Thursday 11 August 2011 11:21:35 MichaelB wrote: Who needs PCB's when you've got good ole'

Re: [neonixie-l] Who needs PCB's!!

If I remember correctly, they were half the size of a new car back in the 50's as well :) -joe On Thursday 11 August 2011 12:20:31 David Forbes wrote: On 8/11/11 9:13 AM, Joe Croft wrote: I love point to point wiring like that!!! God only knows how they could afford putting that much

[neonixie-l] NixieNeon clocks are back!

Hi Yall, Just note to let you know that my nixieneon clock kits are back in stock. I have an assembled clock on ebay, this time with a case! I will be selling kits on ebay as well. As always they the bidding starts at .99 cents and there is no reserve! Happy bidding. -joe -- You received this

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieNeon clocks are back!

He he... I keep forgetting to give link! http://www.ebay.com/itm/NixieNeon-Nixie-Tube-Clock-case-No-Reserve-/300623400439 Sorry about that! -joe On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:30 PM, micha...@aol.com wrote: ** Got a link? Michail In a message dated 11/13/2011 9:44:09 A.M. Pacific Standard

Re: [neonixie-l] Nice Nixie clock case design on Hack A Day

That is a pretty clock. Always makes me envious to see handy work like that! -joe On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:53 PM, mjrippe mjri...@gmail.com wrote: http://hackaday.com/2011/11/14/nixie-clock-exhibits-well-fabricated-metal-bezel/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [neonixie-l] What on earth is this? Soviet VFD

My guess is that it can make funny Cyrillic characters. -joe On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:00 AM, marcin marcin.r.adam...@gmail.com wrote: I have never seen this before. Seller claims it's VFD, but it's supposedly powered from 220V 200Hz. Here is the link:

Re: [neonixie-l] eBay find...

Wow, that is pretty. I bet it could make a nice four letter word/clock :) -joe On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Nicholas Stock nickst...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [neonixie-l] Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Chris and everyone else on the list as well :) -joe On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 7:01 AM, fixitsan chefin...@gmail.com wrote: I would just like to wish all group members a Happy Christmas It is 10 years ago that I began my first experiments with nixie tubes, when I decided

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Preferred language, and a good place to start.

Hi Shane, With the Arduino you can start learning the basics of C++. It amazed me too when I found you can wirte ina language that I used on desktop and servers for years on a processor with 2K of RAM (ATMega328P). C++ is a nice language in that it will let you use modern concepts such as object

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Cleaning PCBs

I use denatured alcohol and a tooth brush, lots of alcohol to flush the rosin away. It doesn't leave the film that isopropyl alcohol does :) -joe On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Thomas Kreschollek tk109...@gmail.comwrote: Suggestions for good old rosin flux? I have never tried cleaning it,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Cleaning PCBs

The water soluble flux works great in most cases. I found with my clock (nixieneon) the impedances were high enough in the circuit that the flux cause the circuit to misbehave. It was so bad that testing it as you built it (a requirement) that it tripled the time to build the clock since every

Re: [neonixie-l] Synchronous Alternators and motors

Thanks Tim, a bit off topic but very interesting!! I find stuff like this quite fascinating. I like how if you are a little off on your timing the motors would ring like bells as they jerk into synchronization. Definitely a good read for this morning. Thanks, Joe On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:55

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: New clock

Hi Jon, Nice clock! Very impressive. I just hope you leave some IN12Bs for the rest of us hehe -joe On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Julien Noël onl...@no-l.org wrote: Looks very nice!!! What kind of material do you use For the housing ? Any pics of the sides ? -- Julien Noël On 25

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: FS: Shameless Plug Time - Dekatron Spinner Kits

When I was a kid my dad made boxes with flashing neon bulbs. He was always asked the same thing. He called them nothing boxes because they did nothing :) It were those little puppies that got me fascinated with electronics and things that glow from a very early age :) -joe On Wed, Feb 1, 2012

Re: [neonixie-l] Nuts and Volts.

I like Nuts and Volts, I let my subscription lapse, but I will be starting it back up soon :) -joe On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Dylan Distasio interz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Nick- I am a subscriber, and yes I would recommend checking it out. I also enjoy Make magazine (although this one

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Playing around in Inventor

First we want women to show more ankle, then cleavage, now we want them to show more tube!!! What is this world coming too? -joe On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Cobra007 mic...@xiac.com wrote: I think the design of your men's nixie watch is in fact better, it's a bit large and things but

Re: [neonixie-l] Question on neon bulbs for circuit

Hi Dylan, I have had little issues with the A9A bulbs and I have done a lot of counting circuits. Of course, I suspect that any type 2 terminal neon bulbs will cause you grief if you want good reliability. I've tried aging them and that didn't seem to help. Matching the bulbs seemed to work the

Re: [neonixie-l] WAY WAY off topic but I need some help..

John, In your first solution, I think you have your circuit backwards. If I read the issue correctly, the new sender has a resistance of 0 - 30 ohms and what the gauge expects is 0 - 90 ohms. I will be honest though, I don't have a clue of how a gas gauge and sender work. -joe On Sun, Nov 17,

Re: [neonixie-l] Whatbox

These are what got me started in electronics. My dad would make them for presents. One of my uncles gave me the one my dad gave him when I was like 6 years old. I have pictures of the original my dad made one as well as a new one I using the same circuit, just laid it out differently. The

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Neon ring counter nixie clock

Hi John, Nixieneon is stil active. I probably have to check the email I have on the site. I was also in Poland getting married through a big chunk of August, but am back now. -joe On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 9:40 AM, electrofish john.johnath...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if NixieNeon

Re: [neonixie-l] Russian text?

Hi Jon, My wife is not a native speaker, but she did learn from an early age so she may be able to help. -joe On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Jon dekat...@nomotron.com wrote: Is there a native Russian speaker in the house who could take a look at a very short handwritten piece of text and

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Clock Cool Project- a few questions

Now for my two cents. I have not looked at the schematic due to time issues, but I know I ran into issues driving a standard mosfet with a logic level gate signal. It got hotter than blue blazes! If the gate signal only goes to 5 volts, you must use a mosfet that will turn on fully at this level

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What did you build over the holidays?

I worked (and am still working) on my Nixie tube thermostat for my heater. Though it will have 4 relays for controlling anything. I only have a heater (radiator), I am using a PID controller to regulate the temp. Cooling will just be a standard stupid algorithm, one tested by turning on and off a

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Thermometer

Nice job! I like it. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:41 AM, 'threeneurons' via neonixie-l neonixie-l@googlegroups.com wrote: Here's a little nixie project. Its a thermometer, it has a 2-1/2 digit display, with a simple NE-2 in the 1xx position. I decide to build a decrete dual slope ADC circuit,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, Thanks for the inputs, Sadly direct drive is not an option, I just don't have the I/O pins available nor the space to add the chips needed to 'produce' more. Terry, By other pin, I mean the side considered the anode side of the neon bulb. The side that is positive when the bulb should

[neonixie-l] Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, I am working on a multiplexed display and am finding that for the lines that have both of their transistors turned off, there are massive swings of voltage that are induced on the lines. The levels are so high I get other digits flickering in the tube and I also have neon bulbs that are

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, I've attached a picture of the display pcb layout and a pdf of the schematic for it. The cathode drivers are just the MPSA42 with a 100K ohm base transistor and the collector is tied directly to the cathode and the emitter is tied to ground. -joe On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:58 AM,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Pete, I like it. I will give this a try. -joe On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:12 AM, petehand peteh...@gmail.com wrote: One more thing about the cascode. Transistor Q1 is dissipating 170mW with the values shown. It may get a little warm - you have to watch that. You can put a helper resistor

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Multiplexing noise

Hi Yall, Okay, I scoped the board and I have almost 500us of total dead time between digits. This was measured on the digital outputs from the CPU. My code is written in a way that I turn off all of the segment and digit signals one at a time in a for loop so they are not all triggering at once.

Re: [neonixie-l] Green neon bulbs - Anyone interested in 100 or more ?

Wow, sadly I bought as many as I will need for a while. I would've liked your length more. Mine are about half that size. -joe On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 5:08 PM, gregebert gregeb...@hotmail.com wrote: I will be placing an order for NE-2G bulbs in a few days, and wanted to know if anyone here is

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

ings in this area. > > *) If you're going to make these in commercial quantities, consider > getting it listed. We work with ETL (I have a grudge against UL and > their nasty politics). Figure at least $5 large. > > Well, that turned into an epistle! Just some things to think abo

[neonixie-l] NixieStat Thermostat is closer to reality

Happy New Year Yall!! To open this new years, I have been continuing on my saga with the NixieStat Thermostat. I have a hackaday project with pictures and more here: https://hackaday.io/project/4452-nixiestat I want to make this a kit, either both a Nixie tube version as well as 7 segment LED

[neonixie-l] Nvu

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Re: [neonixie-l] Dr. Timmy's Caffeinated Nixie tubes

Sweet!! On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Quixotic Nixotic wrote: > I understand that Dr. Timmy's Caffeinated Nixie tubes come in Cherry, > Lemon/Lime, Fruit Punch, Watermelon, and Blue Raspberry. > > > John S > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

I do seem to have a problem with my board. I have pulled one of the tubes and just tried it on a bread board and life is good. Though in the board, not so good. I will have to dig harder on the layout. Something is just not right. -joe On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:59 PM, gregebert

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents or Dislyxia Rides Again!!!

It's hell being dyslexic! I have the tubes wired backwards :( What is amazing is how they lit up and seem to work fine besides the issue of drawing 3 times as much current they should. Sigh... Off to add lots of cuts and jumpers too my board! -joe On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Joe Croft <

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

My guess is that it keeps a little pool of ionized gass at the bottom of the tube so the line will always start at the bottom. That's just my guess though. -joe On May 18, 2016 1:32 PM, "gregebert" wrote: > What purpose does the 3rd connection of the IN-13 serve ?

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

Hi threeneurons, What current does your in-13 draw to get it to show fullscale? -joe On May 18, 2016 2:41 PM, "'threeneurons' via neonixie-l" < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Though, the 4K7 is not needed, it does no harm. Even if the xstr had the > minimal hfe of 25, there would be less

[neonixie-l] IN-13 currents

Hi Yall, I am playing with IN-13 nixie indicator tube. I am driving them with a similar circuit as I found here: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=158113.0 Unfortunately, I have a few issues. First my tubes don't all light up unless I put 150V across them and it's much more reliable if I

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-13 currents

Once more, but this time with feeling ​ On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Jon Jackson <jondad...@gmail.com> wrote: > No embedded image... > > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Joe Croft <cro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jon, >> >> I have

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: My NixiChron is sick, what do I do?

Silly me! I must be getting old, I still think chips are in dip packages. -joe On May 6, 2016 5:32 PM, "Quincy" wrote: > Thanks. And probably a stupid question, but maybe you know, was ever a > firmware update (or more recent chip)? The daylight savings time dates > changed

[neonixie-l] In need of an IN13 nixie bar tube, quickly

Hi Yall, As fate would have it, I am one tube short of the number I need, and I only have a about a week and a half to get one :(. Does anyone in the US on the list happen to have one they can sell me? Thank you, Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[neonixie-l] Re: In need of an IN13 nixie bar tube, quickly

at 8:36 PM, Joe Croft <cro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Yall, > > As fate would have it, I am one tube short of the number I need, and I > only have a about a week and a half to get one :(. > > Does anyone in the US on the list happen to have one they can sell me? > >

Re: [neonixie-l] Finished Nixie watch project

Very pretty watch, it makes me drool like all of the other watches out there! As Homer Simpson put it 'Augh... Nixie Watch...' Now I just need to find a paper towel to clean the spit off of my desk. -joe On Feb 3, 2017 11:03 AM, "Craig Smith" wrote: I thought I

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-13 Lifespan

I am surprised they lasted so long! -joe On Jan 30, 2017 12:20 PM, "TheJBW" wrote: Joe, I actually discovered exactly this late last night. Hadn't gotten around to replying yet. Turns out that the simple footprint got flipped at some point. I didn't think that the tubes

Re: [neonixie-l] IN-13 Lifespan

When I had a tube that took 15ma to drive it, I discoved that I had the two 'anodes' wired backwards. The tube had a short life, in the order of weeks running full time. -joe On Jan 23, 2017 1:41 PM, "TheJBW" wrote: > About 1.5years ago, I built this really nice stereo

Re: [neonixie-l] Help with IN-8 tube mount for Threeneuron's 6 digit clock

I'm a big gEDA person myself. I drank the linux kool-aid a long time ago and I do enjoy laying out my boards in a more manual way. It is reasonably easy to use makes nice boards and schematics and creating foot prints are very hard after the first one or two. Good luck keeping your new addiction

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: New clock kit in the making

There was another on the list about 6mos ago, it was a kick starter and above my pay level. I try not to copy, some days timing just sucks. I started on this then found his. Mine is going to be a kit with mostly through hole parts. -joe On Aug 27, 2016 8:51 PM, "'threeneurons' via neonixie-l" <

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: New clock kit in the making

I found that the IN13 would 'tear' and such if I tried o make it move from one value to the next too quickly. If I ramped the change it behaved well. This may have been the problem you saw with the IN-9 as well. I will have to play with those just to see. If I remember correctly, the IN13 took 2ms

Re: [neonixie-l] Oscilloscope clock...

Just my two cents Dave (since everyone else is pitching theirs in). The rounded corners and moving the pcb to the bottom sounds like a great idea. To keep the 60's tv/oscilloscope look, hand wired knobs on the front would look real spiff if they were well dressed and colorful! -joe On Jul 7,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Eagle is now subscription-based

I myself like PCB from the GEDA collection. I uae gschem as well. I like doing my own placement and quite often create much of the pc board before the schematic, but that is just how I roll ;) -joe On Aug 18, 2017 11:29, "Robert L" wrote: An example of support for the

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Voltmeter - Vaping machine

Not that I vape, but I think temperature would be much more 'interesting' than voltage. -joe On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:27 PM, David Forbes wrote: > Paul, > The code already measures the battery voltage, so it wouldn't be much work > to display this in a suitable scale

Re: [neonixie-l] I finaly completed my IN-13 clock!

Thanks Nick, Greg! a fully lit lamp takes 4.5 milliamps (I just measured it). This is also about what the data sheets say. What you describe reminds me of when I wired my tubes in backwards, they took 20+ma and didn't last very long. As for retreating, If you are not going full on or full off,

Re: [neonixie-l] Comercial posts

My vote is no! There are very few of them and many of them are interesting. If someone abuses the priviledge, then maybe they should be restricted, but not the group as a whole. -joe On May 16, 2018 8:41 AM, "Manuel Azevedo" wrote: Hi guys, This discussion started in

Re: [neonixie-l] Anyone selling in-13 bar tubes

HI Andy, I got mine for just under 7.00 on ebay. -joe On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 3:23:23 AM CDT Дмитрий Шевченко wrote: > This is rarest tube. Available some ten's pcs. > 8$/pc + delivery costs from Russia. > > 2018-07-03 11:16 GMT+03:00 MrThe50sanchez : > > I dont really Know which one´s are

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: MCU religious wars (OT?)

Personally, I like the AVR MCU's though I am slowly starting to grow out of them. The Arduino libraries are convenient but many of them have sloppy poorly documented code. I hate the Arduino IDE (more than I hate ALL IDSs). With that said, I still use the libraries, make my own bards and use an

Re: [neonixie-l] Story Time: How you got to the nixie hobby?

Hi Yall, My love for all things glowing orange started with my dad's nothingboxes back when I was 6 or 7 (Long time ago) . Simple little relex oscilator's using a neon buld, resistor and a capacitor. His circuit was a bit different than most though. I've attached a picture. Naturaly, the

Re: [neonixie-l] How to mount IN-9 tubes

Hi John, I can't give too much advice but I have learned that for both in-9 and in13 you want to make sure there is a bend in the leads so that the tubes can move around without putting stress on the glass of the tube. -joe On Feb 19, 2018 6:07 AM, "John Murphy"

[neonixie-l] Nixie Star Clock on Ebay

Hi Yall, I hope yall will forgive me for the shamelss plug. I just listed one of my Nixie Star Clocks on ebay, fully assembled with a hand painted face. I am slowly working to get this in kit form, but I am still working on that. You can view it at:

Re: [neonixie-l] My B-6091 Nixie clock

Very nice Thomas! -joe On Thursday, August 23, 2018 9:26:46 PM CDT Thomas Kummer wrote: > -- 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

Re: [neonixie-l] Refilling tubes/different gasses

Wow, way cool! That and argon ne2 bukds would make a pretty nixie neon clock :) -joe On Mar 9, 2018 2:33 PM, "Paul Andrews" wrote: > Looks like vacuumglow is aiming to refill tubes: > > https://www.facebook.com/vacuumglow/posts/704184109789357 > > -- > You received this

Re: [neonixie-l] Welcome & please introduce yourself!

Hi Yall, Welcome to the list of of the new folks who are lurking or not. I hope yall get as much satisfaction from it as I do! I'm Joe Croft, I post some on this list but am not super active. I am a S/W enginerr by day and a small electronics hobbyist, clock collector and nixie nut by night

Re: [neonixie-l] old fashioned pcb

Nice board, thugh I guess I must be getting old. When I read the description I was thinking a single sided, no silk screen, brown phenolic board with 1/4 wat restors standing vertical. Thank God I am not so old that the board in my mind didn't have transistors. -joe On Wednesday, September

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9 problem

Give them 6 to 12 hours. This is what I have learned over time. In-13s are more reliable at this than in-9s. On my kits I fing I get a 25% loss. -joe On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 11:23 AM Jon > Are you sure your current regulator circuit is capable of being set to > sink >10mA? You should be able to

Re: [neonixie-l] Nuts and Volts...magazine

I do, They are, but they were late with their last issue, i t went out in January if I remember correctly. I am beginning to wonder if they are going to survive. -joe On Thursday, February 14, 2019 2:59:51 PM CST 'orange_glow_fan' via neonixie-l wrote: > Does anyone subscribe to this

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Current kits ?

Forgive me for the shamless plug, but. if you want a glock that does not use digits, you can consider http://www.nixieneon.com/ and check out the Nixie Star. The NixieNeon is nice as well, though a lot harder to build. -joe On Saturday, June 8, 2019 12:27:01 PM CDT Jim KO5V wrote: > One more

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Current kits ?

Thank you! For the nixieneon, I only have the 2 digit version. -joe On Sunday, June 9, 2019, martin martin wrote: > Those are very cool clocks! Do you offer a 4 or 6 digit model? > > > > ~ > *mcvei...@gmail.com * > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 6:18 AM Joe Crof

Re: [neonixie-l] Tube database?

Dreamhost is a great place, I have used them for years. They have a lot of options for building web sites. As for databases I'll take them in the order od Postgresql, Mysql or if I don't need the power of a server (90% case) sqlite (www.sqlite3.org). The latter is very easy to use from within

Re: [neonixie-l] Monroe 620 Nixie Calculator

Very pretty!!! I'm suffering from great nixie envy now! -joe On Saturday, November 23, 2019 7:40:45 AM CST Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: > Been lookin for one of these on Ebay in my searches for more than a year > now - had to snag it when it came up. Looks great, and well maintained too > > --

[neonixie-l] NixieStar is in Nuts and Volts

Hi Yall, This is just another shameless plug, but at least not the Ebay sort. You can find an article for my NixieStar clock in the Nuts and Volts newsletter here:

Re: [neonixie-l] NixieStar is in Nuts and Volts

you have a small video of the running clock? > > > > ~ > *mcvei...@gmail.com * > > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 4:27 AM Joe Croft wrote: > > > Hi Yall, > > > > This is just another shameless plug, but at least not the Ebay sort. > > >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-9 problem

To solve the glow starting from the center or top of the tube, i never turn the tube fully off. I will turn it on full then ramp the current down until a small segment is still lit. This helped make them much more reliable. -joe On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, gregebert wrote: > I did limited

Re: [neonixie-l] Argon Piranha

Mouser.com or allied.com. Their new number is A9A. Allied.com has the better price in quantity. -joe On Thursday, December 19, 2019, Paul Andrews wrote: > Where can you get the NE-2 style lamps? I can't even google them! > > On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 10:24:14 AM UTC-5, jrehwin wrote: >

Re: [neonixie-l] Happy Holidays/Merry Xmas/Happy Hannukah

Merry Christmas and happy Neon Holicays to all! -joe On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 7:34:05 PM CST Dylan Distasio wrote: > Same to all! > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019, 8:15 PM Nicholas Stock wrote: > > > Wishing you all Merry Xmas* and a Happy New Year!! > > > > Cheers, > > > > (Pharma) Nick > > > >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie sighting

The first computer I ever got to 'play' with was a PDP8/E in high school. 3 teletypes and a dec writer for terminals. I loved the smell of paper tape in the morning! -joe On Monday, December 30, 2019 12:25:58 PM CST Nick wrote: > Ooh. At 20:21 there's what looks suspiciously like a DEC PDP 8/E

Re: [neonixie-l] Glow discharge book scans available for free download

Thank you for the Christmas present Tom. I'll have to snag copies for myself. -joe On Wednesday, December 25, 2019, tom wrote: > I have uploaded some glow discharge books to Google Drive. They are > available for free download. See links below. > > There are also some glow discharge books

Re: [neonixie-l] Recent catch at Apex Electronics Surplus

Must be nice! We have american science and surplus here in the chicago area, but it doesn't look as exciting as apex! -joe On Sunday, March 8, 2020, martin martin wrote: > Everything works too! > > No it's time to find them a purpose > > > -- > You received this message because you are

[neonixie-l] Has anyone had any experiance with the Microchip HV5630 drivers?

Hi Yall, I was digging around mouse for serial to parallel converters when I ran across these Microchip drivers HV5630 @ https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/268/20005855A-1512677.pdf. With two of these you could drive 6 digits without polling and have 4 extra lines left over for ne-2 lamps.

Re: [neonixie-l] Has anyone had any experiance with the Microchip HV5630 drivers?

Hi John, Aye. I was looking the 8 channel push pull brother of this and it was 5 volt logic, sigh... I thought it was tooo easy, but maybe it won't be so bad, i's just a few leads needing shifted. Thanks! Joe On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 7:47:55 AM CDT 'John Rehwinkel' via

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

Hi Dalibor, Forgive me for reading to much into it. I guess it's from reading the 'Hardy Boys' as a kid, not to mention the time of year it is. Also, who would need an "Uncertainty Drive" beside mad politicians and NASA? It would be nice to see it lit up. I can only imagine it is even

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

Great Video, I guess some days one does get what they ask for. Interesting. I never thought about what happens when you turned off the voltage. I always assumed the glow tracked with the current. I was surprised to see how long the electrons kept their extra energy befor releasing it and

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

That's good! I missed that. Would've nice to see it lit up! That or Dalibor needs to fine tune his timing ;) -joe -joe On Monday, March 30, 2020 4:29:48 PM CDT Jon Jackson wrote: > It was posted on the Nixie Facebook feed... > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 3:14 PM Joe Croft wrote: &

Re: [neonixie-l] Dalibor Farný built a Nixie display for NASA

Jon, Hm. It looks real nice, but with the "Uncertainty" meter, I can't help but think of the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy which them makes me think the video was release 2 days earlier. I hope that you didn't spoil the fun for Dalibor. -joe On Monday, March 30, 2020 2:03:07 PM

Re: [neonixie-l] New soldering station recommendations...

I don't know if they are the best, but I have been very pleased with my Aoyue soldering stations -joe On Sunday, May 31, 2020 12:25:35 PM CDT martin martin wrote: > There I was building yet another Nixie clock from pvelectronics when my 35 > year old Weller soldering station burned up.Of

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