Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-25 Thread petehand
I use AC drive for multicharacter displays, where there's a definite gradient from end to end. I use the Si9986 H bridge. It works over the range 3.5V to 13.5V with TTL level inputs over the whole range. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-24 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 10:38:26 AM UTC-4, Chaos Hydra wrote: Well, as a newb, I do not how to do AC filament drive so I settled for DC. Since I will use tube play later on, Would you mind show me some good resourse explain how to do it? I appreciate any help! There used to be nice

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-24 Thread Per Jensen
On 24 Jul 2015, at 12:01, Terry Kennedy terry+googleb...@tmk.com wrote: There used to be nice single-chip solutions for this, like the TI LM9022 (now obsolete, and the wrong output voltage for the IV-4 or -17). As Pete mentioned, you don't need to do this for small tubes like these. But

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-23 Thread Chaos Hydra
Well, as a newb, I do not how to do AC filament drive so I settled for DC. Since I will use tube play later on, Would you mind show me some good resourse explain how to do it? I appreciate any help! On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 3:04:04 AM UTC-4, Terry Kennedy wrote: On Wednesday, July 22,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-23 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 2:12:43 PM UTC-4, Chaos Hydra wrote: I see what you mean now. Still, I managed to find a regulator chip that can do the trick, because it take 5V input. http://www.linear.com/product/LT1587-1.5 Thanks a lot! If possible, you want to use AC filament drive. DC

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-23 Thread petehand
Beg pardon. I had originally written 4.7 ohms, changed one instance, not the other. On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 8:43:22 AM UTC-7, I wrote: Yellow violet gold ?? Try again. Ira -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-22 Thread Instrument Resources of America
Yellow violet gold ?? Try again. Ira On 7/22/2015 2:59 AM, petehand wrote: Not quite. The pin 11s go to a (20 divided by 8) ohm resistor, like 2 point 7 ohms. Yellow Violet Gold. On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 6:05:22 AM UTC-7, Chaos Hydra wrote: Thanks for your reply! Yeah I mean

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-22 Thread Chaos Hydra
I see what you mean now. Still, I managed to find a regulator chip that can do the trick, because it take 5V input. http://www.linear.com/product/LT1587-1.5 Thanks a lot! On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 5:59:53 AM UTC-4, petehand wrote: Not quite. The pin 11s go to a (20 divided by 8) ohm

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-22 Thread Kejian Lin
So, for MAX 6931 chip, is it static drive mode or pulse drive mode? My understanding is static and the Vbb need to be 30 V. On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Instrument Resources of America iracosa...@hughes.net wrote: Yellow violet gold ?? Try again. Ira On 7/22/2015 2:59 AM,

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-22 Thread petehand
Not quite. The pin 11s go to a (20 divided by 8) ohm resistor, like 2 point 7 ohms. Yellow Violet Gold. On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 6:05:22 AM UTC-7, Chaos Hydra wrote: Thanks for your reply! Yeah I mean pin 12 to 25 VDC, mis-type. So for the first part. I will have 8 tubes. So I put 47 ohm

[neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-21 Thread petehand
Heater voltage, I think you mean. How many are you running? Connect one heater pin (1 or 11) of each tube to 5V through a 47 ohm resistor, then the other pin of all of them together to ground through one resistor, of 20 ohms divided by the number of tubes. So for 4 tubes, use a resistor of 20/4

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Questions regarding IV-17 or IV-14 vfd tubes.

2015-07-21 Thread Kejian Lin
Thanks for your reply! Yeah I mean pin 12 to 25 VDC, mis-type. So for the first part. I will have 8 tubes. So I put 47 ohm in series with pin 1 to 5 v and all 8 pin 11s together and through a 20 ohm. Well, everything gets better when my dmm gets here. The method of testing you said is great! I