[neonixie-l] Re: Simple discrete circuit for dimming Nixies with an LDR?

2018-11-20 Thread Zitt
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[neonixie-l] Re: Help with electroluminescent displays

2018-07-28 Thread Zitt
I have a couple of applications where I'd like to use EL panels... but my issue is the relatively short life of EL panels. I'd love to use some OLED panels... but the issue there is cost. Good luck; keep us posted. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-04-12 Thread Zitt
On Friday, 12 April 2013 19:29:02 UTC-5, GastonP wrote: Hi again Zitt... All of the changes seem for good... but just for the sake of simplicity... did you try with only a pull-up resistor to the U3A inputs to see if you could bring the levels to CMOS ones? Actually, CMOS with 5 V

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-04-11 Thread Zitt
Updated schematics are posted here: http://www.Pinball-Mods.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bally7NixieFabB.pdfhttp://www.pinball-mods.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bally7NixieFabB.pdf Fab B changes: - Changes around D[5..7]; - reworked for transistor inverters with

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-04-10 Thread Zitt
On Friday, April 5, 2013 8:01:34 AM UTC-5, GastonP wrote: Zitt, The problem is not that it is an open drain or a CMOS (it is a CMOS and I put it as so in my first email). The problem is that the base MPSA42 conected directly to the output effectively shorts the output to ground unless

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-04-04 Thread Zitt
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 7:03:19 AM UTC-5, Terry S wrote: The 4503 is an tri-state device -- do you need pullups on the outputs? I can't tell from a quick glance how you are using it. How about series resistors to the bases of the transistors? I see those on A1 thru A4. Without some

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-04-04 Thread Zitt
with a minimum beta of 25 for the kathode drivers; IB would be 80uA given a 2mA emitter current. On Thursday, April 4, 2013 5:12:31 PM UTC-5, Zitt wrote: On Thursday, April 4, 2013 7:03:19 AM UTC-5, Terry S wrote: The 4503 is an tri-state device -- do you need pullups on the outputs? I can't tell

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-04-03 Thread Zitt
Work on the Nixie display has stalled because I can't seem to find the cause of a specific problem. Last week I put the “Tested” nixie display into my Bally Star Trek; and sadly – only digits A4-A1 work. A5, A6 won’t light. Tonight I cut the D5 trace between Q5 and U4; and hard wired from the

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-03-23 Thread Zitt
(clickable links and embedded pictures at: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=2391595postcount=43) The Mirror project was put on hold for the last three weeks... First due to the SxSw Intel LANfest I was hosting... and then Texas Pinball Festival this past weekend. Now that I had

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-03-23 Thread Zitt
On Saturday, March 23, 2013 10:02:51 AM UTC-5, jrehwin wrote: Initial debug turned up a dumb assembly mistake..– I swapped U1 U2 despite the clear labels on the silkscreen. Silkscreen? That looks like a protoboard. I'm unsure what U1 and U2 are anyway, most of those supplies only use

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-02-09 Thread Zitt
PCBs were ordered via batchpcb yesterday. so Now I play the waitin for PCB game. On Saturday, February 9, 2013 6:20:26 PM UTC-6, MrNixie (UK) wrote: Yes, I kinda missed the point that you were building a drop-in module and would thus be limited to the signals and supplies at the connectors.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-02-08 Thread Zitt
; limited by drop in design to existing display. 190VDC is the incomming PSU rail for a normal display. It's 190+-5Vdc. Zitt is wrong in saying Xenon had nixies instead of the usual VDF displays. Bally never used VFDs (but Gottlieb did). Xenon never had any nixie tubes either, nor did any US

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-02-07 Thread Zitt
You could maybe regulate the nixie current (instead of using LEDs) so the active display is brighter than the inactive one. Hadn't considered. Truth be told; I saw the LED back lit clocks and basically thought it was a cool idea. Maybe I'll do that on Rev2. On Thursday, February 7, 2013

[neonixie-l] Nixie Pinball Display - Schematic feedback

2013-02-06 Thread Zitt
You guys are more knowledgeable on NIXIE displays; so I'm interested feedback on the schematics and if you see any obvious design errors. I can’t claim originality here... as I remember the XENON pinball machine at a past TPF which had NIXIE tubes instead of the standard VFD displays. I always