On Tue, 17 May 2022, Moses wrote:
Now on to the point of this post. Before I order the second prototype, I would
like to know what people think of it.
Comments about the overall design or any specifics, what you like or don't like
about it. Any changes or additions you would make?
There is
Resistor is required.
Forward current on the datasheet is maximum rating.
I don't see any current limiting resistor in the datasheet, diodes will
dump current until they self destruct unless you limit them with a
resistor.
The segments are 12V because they are 5x series diodes, forward
These are not standalone clock displays. They are driven by an external
controller over serial. If the controller is not integrated into the PSU,
then you are missing the external controller module.
Personally I would just design a completely new clock using the LEDs.
-Dan
On Thu, 31 Dec
Nobody is selling tubes anywhere near as large though.
Maybe it will bring rodan CD47 prices down.
-Dan
On Thu, 24 Dec 2020, Robert wrote:
No keen on the look of this one
http://www.nixieproducer.com/index.php/digitrony-jp47
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Are you just using the reference design for AP63205WU-7 ?
-Dan
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, newxito wrote:
I was using the datasheet schematic of the MP1584 regulator. The FB divider
for 3.3V is 124k to Vout and 40.2k to ground. The regulator works great but
now is no longer recommended for new
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020, Mac Doktor wrote:
On Oct 26, 2020, at 3:05 PM, Nick Andrews wrote:
, yet willingly spend $12,000 for fancy granite countertops for their house
that are most likely much more radioactive.
I tested the new granite kitchen counter at my brother's house. It was only a
few
$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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On Sat, 1 Aug 2020, Richard Scales wrote:
I started out with OSH Park for some small boards but moved over to JLCPCB,
that was about 30 or more boards ago. I have been completely happy with the
quality and options available. They provide several panelization options
which is great when making
Does the gas make any difference? What about heavier gases like Kr, Kr+I, or Xe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3M0cY29Pq0
-Dan
On Sat, 18 Jul 2020, Kevin A. wrote:
I found an IEEE article which contains an anecdote from a Burroughs
engineer who worked on nixie R
Link:
solder. Good grief
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-tube-VT-62-8019
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-tube-VT-62-8019-4304-HIGH-QUALITY-AUDIOPHILE-POWER-TUBE-2-pcs/293018722398
Was showing a friend the movie 2001 for the first time, and noticed nixies in
one shot:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0X7Adbhg1DA/UFCJSxQZugI/A04/HSOQwLM5vIo/s1600/nixie+2001.jpg
-Dan
Is this different from the usual getter spots?
-Dan
On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, alex nolan wrote:
Hey all,
Has anyone seen a tube with the inner glass covered in silver spots inside
the tube? What does this mean and is it repairable like cathode poisoning?
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TBH i'd rather dalibor do rodan clones :)
-Dan
On Wed, 27 Mar 2019, Kevin A. wrote:
Exactly. This is blatant price fixing. If only someone started making new
7971s like Dalibor and started selling them at a reasonable enough price...
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 12:36 PM Jeff Walton wrote:
Note
Yep, these IN-18 are way too expenive, especially since they are still
widely available.
For only a couple hundred more you can get giant dalibor 568 tubes.
-Dan
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019, Jeff Walton wrote:
Interesting to look at the Millclock videos.?? Very strikingly similar to
Dalibor's
Not sure how rural you are, but you might look for makerspaces in japan
and take a visit to the closest one. Someone there should be able to help
you if they have electronics soldering stations.
-Dan
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018, Paul Atkin wrote:
Hi Nick, thanks for the welcome. I had a maiI from
On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Johan wrote:
*The **giant Z5680M Nixie Tubes were manufactured in Germany by RFT and are
the largest Nixies ever made. Over 10cm/4" digits.*
Bigger than the Rodan? I doubt it.
-Dan
On Mon, 27 Feb 2017, Dalibor wrote:
I cant wait to get to realization of similar beast to CD47. Rough shapes -
similar height as CD47, a bit bigger diameter (right shape of digits),
metal base, long life span, price estimated around $300. The goal is to
make large tube, as affordable as
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nixie-Tube-Pin-Straightener-for-IN-18-Z5660M-IN-8-GN-4-NL-840-ZM1042-tubes/332737119847
Seems like a really, really risky device to use. In my experience any
flexing of the pins is extreme risk of breaking the seal and destroying
your nixie permanently.
If you need
Dalibor's nixies are nearly the same size (50mm symbol height vs NL7037 51mm)
and 1/2 the price...
-Dan
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018, Paul Andrews wrote:
It???s like waiting for a bus. You wait for ever for one to come along, then a
whole bunch come along at once. This is the third listing for NL7037
discrete 1206 components are super easy, but 1206 resistor networks are not.
-Dan
On Tue, 12 Jun 2018, gregebert wrote:
pcbway does offer assembly service, but I've never used it. I think their
minimum charge was 75 USD.
How many boards are you planning to build ? It's pretty easy to
Are there any PCB fabs who will do component placement for reasonable
price?
Just having 1206 resistor networks placed on my boards would save me a lot
of time...
-Dan
On Tue, 12 Jun 2018, gregebert wrote:
I just got my first set of boards back from pcbway.com, and their quality
for
The offer to try them in my in-18 clock in redmond still stands. I am
pretty sure that would be a definitive test.
-Dan
On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, Jeff Aylesworth wrote:
If end up not being able to prove one way or another if the tubes are good.
Is there a market for them as is? I know one work
I use jlcpcb. 4 days from china to seattle. Extremely low cost boards, and
if you use their partner lcsc.com you get incredibly cheap components too.
-Dan
On Mon, 23 Apr 2018, 'Grahame' via neonixie-l wrote:
Hi
Yet another alternative! I have been using Gojgo in China and OSHPARK.
Corrosion isn't necessarily a problem. Though it indicates they may have
been stored outside where extreme thermal cycling over time might have
caused the pins to lose seal.
I have had a few tubes die due to stress on the pins from repeated
insertions.
-Dan
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Jeff
I am in redmond and I have an IN-18 clock, as well as lots of spare IN-18
tubes.
-Dan
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Jeff Aylesworth wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for adding me to the group.
I picked up a case of IN18 tubes at a garage sale in my area. I assembled
the Nixie Tester Kit as sold by Marcin Saj to
How about version without the wood? I prefer sapele, maple or walnut. I
can cut my own with CNC.
-Dan
On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, ~\ wrote:
I'm design the housing now, thickness of wooden frame might be 8mm,
hopefully I can bring the prototype to Maker Faire 2018 at Bay Area, CA on
May ;)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, ~\ wrote:
Six years have past since my last Nixie Clock released, today I finished my
new Nixie project 'Omnixie', a smart Wifi Nixie Clock.
Missing IN-18 support. This makes me sad.
-Dan
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018, Joe Croft wrote:
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.
Sloppy poorly documented code is no different than most other open source
projects.
People who hate arduino should never, ever look at hackaday.com - they
will be seething with rage at all the little people beneath them daring
to tinker with all sorts of stuff they obviously know nothing about. And
doing it with aruinos and libraries! The horror!
-Dan
On Wed, 24 Jan 2018,
So I think your real problem has absolutely zero to do with arduino or
microcontrollers.
Also interesting you criticize people for wasting your time. People use
libraries to save time. There's little point in poring over 15,000 pages
of chinese datasheets just to get a display to light if
ng
pre-installed, in my opinion, should therefore be used with care.
Cheers
Jens
On 1/24/2018 2:45 AM, John Smout wrote:
On 24 Jan 2018, at 00:23, Dan Hollis <parkxz9aw...@anime.net> wrote:
Why is it perfectly ok for people to use libc, ncurses, pthread, pcre,
opengl, etc on linux but using
Why is it perfectly ok for people to use libc, ncurses, pthread, pcre,
opengl, etc on linux but using an i2c library on arduino is somehow
verboten?
As I stated before, this is the exact same derangement infecting many
in the amateur radio hobby. It turns off a lot of people wanting to get
This is the same elitist attitude that continually hurts amateur radio.
All the old pharts offended by SDR and digital. Not to mention the
seething rage when the FCC dropped the requirement for morse code.
We should be accomodating to newbies in the hobby, not trying to drum them
out with
The reason people are angry is that immediately after the acquisition they
repeatedly assured everyone they wouldn't change the licensing model and
that nothing about eagle would change, that everything would remain
exactly the same.
Then a few months later they did exactly that. And didn't
On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, gregebert wrote:
If all of the numerals in a specific tube are failing, I can think of 2
causes. #1 would be a leak. Check for cracks around the pin base. Are the
tubes snug/difficult to insert/remove from the socket ? If so, there could
be pin-stress that's breaking the
On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, Paul Andrews wrote:
Make sure your wall wart is pumping out a steady voltage close to that required
- you would need an oscilloscope. I have heard that this can be a problem for
these clocks.
I???m also not a big fan of running tubes near the bottom range of their
current
I'll wait for dalibor to make some :)
-Dan
On Wed, 27 Sep 2017, Nicholas Stock wrote:
Anyone want to take bets on what these sell for??? :-)
Look at this on eBay
4x CD47 / GR-414 - Ultra Rare Nixie Tubes
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Dalibor needs to make a CD47 equivalent tube :)
-Dan
On Fri, 25 Aug 2017, gregebert wrote:
Poof! It's already gone. Sold for more than 1400 USD.
Even if I won a lottery, I dont see a 6-tube clock with CD47's in my future.
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Anyone know if there are any negative performance issues to a horizontal
mesh, or as in the case of Burroughs b7032 which has no mesh at all?
-Dan
On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Tomasz Kowalczyk wrote:
CD66A seems to come with both rectangular and horizontal meshes. I just
received 6 used CD66A (bad
Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever let ebay handle anything you can
handle yourself!
They will always make a disaster of it!
-Dan
On Mon, 15 May 2017, Oscilloclock wrote:
I can't help but share this experience with the Global Shipping Program. I
bought a beautiful Brimar CRT and it
sounds like an opportunity for a competitor to step in and dominate the
market.
-Dan
On Wed, 22 Mar 2017, Piano Forte wrote:
RE:IN18 Blue Dream out-of-production until 2019
I reached out to Dieter and Claus, and Claus advised that the IN18 Blue
Dream (PCB & Kit) is out of production until
Wow! I can't wait to see these!
I don't care at all about historical value. I just want big nice looking tubes!
:)
-Dan
On Mon, 27 Feb 2017, Dalibor wrote:
I cant wait to get to realization of similar beast to CD47. Rough shapes -
similar height as CD47, a bit bigger diameter (right shape
i buy and build nixies because they make nice looking clocks. i don't buy
them for historical or collectors value and don't care at all about that
aspect.
i'd buy rodan-size dalibor tubes no problem.
-Dan
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Instrument Resources of America wrote:
Even if Dalibor can and
I'd love to see dalibor make a rodan-size (or larger!) nixie.
I'd pay for those.
-Dan
On Thu, 23 Feb 2017, Luka C wrote:
I pretty much enjoy "collecting" different types of Nixie tubes and
sometimes spend like 100$ or 150$ per tube, but paying ~2500 euros for a
Nixie tube is just ridiculous
acrylic is pretty easy to do hand fabrication.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCeHx-vvJ7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osN_yrsN7vw
-Dan
On Thu, 12 Jan 2017, Paul Andrews wrote:
I am trying to finish up a case which is basically an acrylic tube like
this:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Paul Andrews wrote:
I'm trying to make a case for one of my clocks and started looking at
online fabrication services such as big blue saw. I am basically looking at
designing and fabricating one-offs of some simple acrylic pieces (with cut
outs/holes etc.). I was wondering
Looks like someone is offering edgelit modules for sale:
http://www.nixiepipe.com/
I was going to design my own PCB for something like this, looks like
someone saved me the hassle. Fortunately I have access to a laser cutter
so I can make my own digits.
-Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy-scT8uGQ0
See around 0:51, looks like IN-18
Around 2:03, looks like maybe IN-14
-Dan
I suspect arduino herd will migrate to esp82xx, not msp430.
-Dan
On Tue, 11 Oct 2016, John Rehwinkel wrote:
Well, regarding to the love the MSP430s get, I suspect that as soon as
Microchip starts discontinuing the AVRs, the Arduino herd will have to migrate
to greener pastures, and I think
I reported it too.
-Dan
On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, TouMu wrote:
Reported.
Regards
2016???9???29 UTC+8??11???51???42
Recently I got some emails from ebay buyers, they claimed the NCH6100HV
Nixie Power Supply they bought from other eBay sellers can not
gle device in that box that failed open.
John
On 09/28/2016 02:38 PM, Dan Hollis wrote:
I thought FETs always fail open, and it was SCRs which always fail shorted.
-Dan
On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, NeonJohn wrote:
On 09/28/2016 12:40 PM, Trumpeter wrote:
Thank you for this detailed explaina
I thought FETs always fail open, and it was SCRs which always fail shorted.
-Dan
On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, NeonJohn wrote:
On 09/28/2016 12:40 PM, Trumpeter wrote:
Thank you for this detailed explaination, even though some is over my
head.
Should I check the resistance between the two joined
I had same failure, but probably due to my rotating tubes. I plan to make
an adapter plug to relieve the strain on the pins when I rotate the tubes.
-Dan
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, Jeff Walton wrote:
I recently had a IN-18 failure in a clock after about 2.5 year operation.
Over a (4) day period,
On Fri, 6 May 2016, Oscilloclock wrote:
John, that's truly a great write-up, if not very scary.
Regarding your liability insurance: Do they demand to see your product, go
through its design documentation, or at least see testing evidence before
offering the policy? Or if they do cover you
I use openscad also, can you share the script?
-Dan
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, gregebert wrote:
I use openSCAD, and create a mathematical model using cylinders. Since tube
sockets use symmetrical placement, it's easy to create a loop with X & Y
offsets. I also do the replicating (so I can print
Have you seen the work of dalibor farny?
http://www.daliborfarny.com/
-Dan
On Thu, 7 Apr 2016, Lukas Niebieszczanski wrote:
Hello All,
Thanks for adding me to this group.
I would like to ask for sharing and perhaps chipping in to my crowdfunding
project for opening glassblowing workshop.
It
Theft by US customs employees is more common than you'd think.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/127-border-patrol-and-customs-workers-arrested-corruption
-Dan
On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, Jeff Walton wrote:
I live in the Midwest US and my items typically go through Chicago for customs
clearance. In
Looks like a counterfeit to me.
I've been spending a lot of time lately analyzing chinese counterfeit
chips. They are everywhere.
-Dan
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Michail1 via neonixie-l wrote:
It's also possible it was simply a bad chip.
Michail
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I don't understand why chinese bother to counterfeit LM2596s, but they do
all the same. In fact 99% of the dc buck converters you find on amazon and
ebay are counterfeits.
-Dan
On Thu, 4 Feb 2016, David Forbes wrote:
Sorry, but I do not understand this race to the bottom, that produces
If they really thought it was a bomb, why didn't they evacuate the school?
The fact they did not, speaks volumes.
-Dan
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015, A. Nonamus wrote:
Jeff, that is exactly the problem I have with the incident... none of the
adult educators and administrators who saw the device was
Does anyone make enclosures for tubehobby kits anymore?
numinex is long since dead and gone.
-Dan
On Sat, 28 Mar 2015, Terry Kennedy wrote:
On Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 7:55:48 AM UTC-4, Kiran Otter wrote:
Recently, I started to notice that other digits in the tubes were
partially lighting up, and eventually the fuse blew. My assumption was
that the K155ID1 drivers had started to go, so
Ukraine might not be the best place to be ordering IN-18 from right now...
-Dan
On Tue, 25 Feb 2014, Jeff Thomas wrote:
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:16:45 AM UTC-7, Paul Parry wrote:
Hi all,
As someone quite new to Nixies, where would you recommend the best place
to get some IN-18
For the price, a hakko is an excellent value, and lightyears better than a
radio shack iron.
Metcal are extremely expensive, I was never able to justify the cost when
the hakko does so well.
-Dan
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, David Forbes wrote:
I used to use a Hakko 936ESD until last year, when I
I would definitely pay for ZIF IN-18 sockets :)
-Dan
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, John Rehwinkel wrote:
I caused it because I was swapping the tubes too much. The repeated
removal/insertions caused the tube to leak at the pins.
I still want to rotate the tubes, but I need to come up with a
Yep, this exactly happened to me. A tube suddenly started having problems
lighting some digits. Then eventually it stopped working altogether.
I caused it because I was swapping the tubes too much. The repeated
removal/insertions caused the tube to leak at the pins.
I still want to rotate
Looks like you can read it online?
https://archive.org/details/ColdCathodeTubes
-Dan
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Nick wrote:
Someone in India has reprinted this for GBP 20 plus postage etc.
Might be of interest to those that want a hard copy - cannot vouch for
quality though...
I suspect these hardcover reprints from india are just made from the PDFs.
-DAn
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Nick wrote:
On Thursday, 9 January 2014 18:52:27 UTC, bani wrote:
Looks like you can read it online?
https://archive.org/details/ColdCathodeTubes
Yup - the online versions have been
What's in the tins?
I don't see these in the pics:
* grid meshes
* digit wire
* getters
-Dan
On Wed, 8 May 2013, dr pepper wrote:
Looking at it you'd also need a air compressor and a power press for
the press tooling.
A visit to the seller would be a good idea to see what is included.
Nice, but far too expensive.
-Dan
On Sat, 20 Apr 2013, Dieter Waechter wrote:
Hi Nixie Fans!
The Nocrotec Nixie Tube Pin Straightener is now available!
Check it:
http://www.nocrotec.com/shop/product_info.php/language/en/info/p218_Nocrotec-Nixie-Tube-Pin-Straightener.html
DIETER
Any possibilities to purchase the old manufacturing equipment? Is there
anything that could be used to produce nixies?
-Dan
On Mon, 1 Oct 2012, dr pepper wrote:
I'm surprised they managed to keep running as long as they have.
It seems to be 'the way forward', instead of re-equiping a plant
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, threeneurons wrote:
Other than brightness, some have observed mechanical 'singing' coming off
the larger tubes, like IN-18s.
This is the most annoying thing about multiplexing. You can hear the in-18
tubehobby kit singing from across a room.
Anyone delling direct drive
The ringing is coming directly from the tubes.
-Dan
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Adam Jacobs wrote:
I've definitely used a few inductors that buzzed nastily before. The sound of
a coil contracting around a ferrite repeatedly.
That's one advantage of using one of those ugly acrylic box cases. :) Great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FtBhzumoa0
Completely fictional or were the digits based off any known tube?
-Dan
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If you need people here in the states to verify phone and address, it is
possible. For example I live in seattle and can verify addresses and 206 /
425 area code numbers.
It's one way to validate if someone is a scammer or not.
-Dan
On Wed, 4 Apr 2012, Dieter Waechter wrote:
Hi!
I must
diagnosed by who?
-Dan
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Cobra007 wrote:
The thing that cannot be denied is that he was diagnosed with mercury
poisoning (see 37), so the question remains where did that come from?
If it wasn't from the tubes, what was it then?
Michel
On Feb 10, 7:06 am, chuck richards
There are a lot of quacks out there who will give you a diagnosis of
anything. So the question is if the mercury poisoning diagnosis was from a
reliable source or not.
-Dan
On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Adam Jacobs wrote:
Exactly. I would assume that would be a cornerstone of the case, so you'd
want
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Dieter Waechter wrote:
Hello Nixie Friends,
The new IN-18 Blue Dream Nixie Clock is finally available.
http://snipurl.com/224752n
I hope you like it and its great new features.
Thanks for all comments.
Looks like a fantastic design, I especially like the fact it's direct
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