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

2018-11-20 Thread Dekatron42
Here's the first try, which seems to work just fine in LTSpice. I will be using an LM741 or something similar and not the quad LT1014, just chose it as it was available in my box of components. /Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l"

[neonixie-l] Lovely project with "fake" IEE NIMOs!

2018-11-20 Thread Dekatron42
Take a look at this, which I find is a really nice project that uses "fake" IEE NIMOs : https://www.hackster.io/paul-bricmont/nearly-nimo-clock-9309ec /Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [neonixie-l] Lovely project with "fake" IEE NIMOs!

2018-11-20 Thread Nicholas Stock
That's pretty neat... On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 3:40 PM Dekatron42 wrote: > Take a look at this, which I find is a really nice project that uses > "fake" IEE NIMOs : > https://www.hackster.io/paul-bricmont/nearly-nimo-clock-9309ec > > /Martin > > -- > You received this message because you are

Re: [neonixie-l] Lovely project with "fake" IEE NIMOs!

2018-11-20 Thread gregebert
and there's no limit, other than your imagination, to what gets displayed. Purple LED ? yellow-and-blue striped NIMO ? Green nixie ? You get the idea. But it still seems like cheating. Would my wife have known if I gave her a cubic zirconia ring, instead of diamond ? -- You received

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

2018-11-20 Thread Zitt
LDR? -- 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 post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com.

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

2018-11-20 Thread 'M W' via neonixie-l
Light Dependent Resistor (Usually a Cadmium Sulphide device)   Mark From: Zitt To: neonixie-l Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:22 AM Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: Simple discrete circuit for dimming Nixies with an LDR? LDR? -- You received this message because you are

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

2018-11-20 Thread Dekatron42
Thanks for all suggestions, some more Googling and the ideas here and some outside of the forum made me think of the following solution: Connect the LDR to an op-amp (comparator) with a trimmer so that the light/dark level can be adjusted, then connect this signal to the reset pin of an NE555