Hello Chris, Just now I realise that I forgot to inform you. During my holliday, I had some more time and finally managed to get the programm correct. So now,...
Hi, I'm a new member to the group and I have been itching for a project that uses Nixie tubes. I think I would like to build something using Smart Sockets and...
Hello Chris: The following is a summary of Ebay auction prices for the B-7971 Nixie tube. This summary is for tube only auctions and does not include any data...
As the business war on the air is hotting up with so many low-budget airlines dominating the sky, the passengers can now enjoy the best deals. The webguide -...
hi onno... I was helping a friend clean out his radio room last week, and he rewarded me for my efforts by handing me a plexiglass sheet with (6) B7971's,...
Straight to the point: Can we drive IV-4 tubes (VSD) using Smartsockets? I just bought a bunch of them from a Russian seller on eBay and wanted to build an ...
Hello, and Happy New Year ! There are4 a couple of issues whcih need to be got around to enable the 16F690 driver IC drive IV-4/IV-17's The VFD tubes have two...
As a result of a few enquiries and to suit my own needs I've been messing about trying to get a smartsocket chip to drive these multisegment tubes. It seems...
Hello Chris, For method c you can also use 2 times the 75468 (7 transistors per chip, also in SMD. And additional transistors for the rest. (or 3 times IC,...
... Chris, Farnells have part 1611790, a 24.576MHz surface mount component at £0.192. 10 for £0.147. Farnells have part 1611717, a 24.576MHz a through hole...
... IC, giving ... Thanks for the idea, but when I have used Opto's before in nixie clock designs I have found them to be both more expensive than the ...
... They're certainly good crystal prices. What I don't like about this MAXIM chip is it's price, I can't seem to find it for less than $3.50 each in large...
... Surplus is your friend. Electronics Goldmine has 24MHz crystals for a dollar apiece. As they're surplus, they may not be the most accurate crystals out...
Wasting power is not good, as a general rule. But in a case like this, it's such a small amount. And one could also say that powering up any smartsocket is a...
... Sorry John, but the accuracy is important because the crystal is also the timebase for the USART serial port, although I am not sure to what extent a few...
... of power.... ... Yeah, but hopefully they won't ever say that ! I've just done some real measurements and had a pleasant surprise. At 24V the long diagonal...
... I JUST saw this John. VERY FUNNY. Can you tell me how you made the tinyurl to do that? There are so many other times I have wanted to do JUST that! :-) ...
... SIGH! Never mind, I went to the site directly, and IT creates a Tinyurl for you. Never mind, I Googled it. In fact, found a Tinyurl creator for Firefox, so...
... Just go to: http://www.letmegooglethatforyou.com/ Type in the search terms, hit the "Google Search" button, and it'll make a link in the text window. That...
I want to make it known that I've finally made some progress with the IV-17 version of Smartsocket The device I have on my bench before me consists of 2 IV-17...
