[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread Bill Notfaded
Yes you can read the output of the serial chain then... It's kinda like connecting your last smartsocket serial back to the Arduino or raspberry pi. Same idea. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread gregebert
If I was going to serially connect a bunch of HV5530's, then I would place a rising-edge flip-flop between each serial-out to serial-in path. This guarantees 1/2 cycle hold-time margin. Then I would run the last serial output back into my microcontroller. That way, you can run diagnostic tests

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread Mitch
Thanks for your reply, Greg. The CD4504 is used on all signal lines to the HV5530s. Initially only the first HV5530 operated correctly. I did not even think to run clock and data lines in opposite directions. I did experiment using microsecond delays to slow the data transfers on all GPIOs

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread gregebert
I'm suspecting a hold-time violation on the serial-data input pin. Some questions: 1. Are you running all supply (12V +/- 10%) and signal voltages (Vih > 10 volts, Vil < 2 volts) within datasheet specs. Some people have reported using the HV5530 outside these requirements. Since you are using

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2019-07-10 Thread Mitch
Continuing the discussion on this old thread... My 24 digit binary clock design had two, HV5530s separated by 12". The first in the data series worked perfectly, but the second would not because of too much noise on the data line. I had two unused level converters on the CD4504 so I separated

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-10 Thread Ron Walsh
Very nice.  I have a board full of IN-12s that would look great lit up like that. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... On Wednesday, October 10, 2018 9:23 PM, Kevin A. wrote: Guess what boys, got it working! I'll post the code once I make it a little nicer to look at. Good ol bit banging! --

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-09 Thread Tomasz Kowalczyk
Some of the chips have internal latches, wouldn't this feature counter flickering? HV5522/HV5622 seem to be similar to chips you're using, differing mostly in presence of latches (and some differences in pinout, too). W dniu poniedziałek, 8 października 2018 20:31:21 UTC+2 użytkownik

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-08 Thread gregebert
I was surprised, and definitely pleased, that I could get several Mbytes/sec thru a virtual 8-bit I/O port I implemented on my RasPi (basically, an arbitrary collection of GPIO pins) to connect to a local FPGA using the WiringPi library, and compiled-C as the software. No glitches found on

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-08 Thread H. Carl Ott
This is an area that can use some optimization, I bit banged the 96 bits I needed on the atmega168. I think it was actually faster than the spi hardware, and I could use any GPIO pin i wanted. On a more modern processor using the SPI HW with DMA or fifo would almost certainly be better. I did

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-08 Thread Paul Andrews
Interesting. Using SPI on arduino works really well, but I've just realized that the MISO/MOSI/SS/SCK pins are fixed on that platform(?) - I have been using ESP8266 for a long time now and go to some lengths on that platform to avoid interrupts while shifting data out. I assume that it would

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-08 Thread SWISSNIXIE - Jonathan F.
I'm using HV5122/HV5222 in all my applications, and im pretty sure most of the microchip HV series are identical only differ in voltage and some protocol types. They can be driven at 5V, but 'm using a Level Shifter (CD4504) to shift from 5 to 12V How ever, one major issue with these IC's is

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-08 Thread Paul Andrews
What Greg says (i.e. output a known fixed pattern), but also try getting it working for just the first HV5530 in the chain initially. Then expand it to two. Etc. etc. Do you have a scope? If so, look at the signals on the pins from the Arduino and from the 12V side of the level shifter. Are

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-07 Thread gregebert
Sounds like this is trending to be a software issue, rather than a hardware issue, but to be sure I have 1 simple suggestion: Write a simple chunk of code to display a static number; there are 10 tubes so I would display 0123456789. I cant tell from the video you posted what is being displayed

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-07 Thread Kevin A.
I tried cleaning up the code a little and accounting for the unused bits corresponding to the unoccupied high volage outputs corresponding to each HV chip, but it still doesn't work as intended. I feel like im crawling closer but i'm sure im making a big noob mistake: #define PIN_LE10

[neonixie-l] Re: HV5530 problems

2018-10-07 Thread Kevin A.
Also, I have a discussion going on in the Arduino forums, since I also think this is a good place for such a discussion: https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=571891.0 On Friday, October 5, 2018 at 3:48:33 PM UTC-4, gregebert wrote: > > I'm starting a separate thread on this topic that was