Is there anyone in the UK (preferably, for the sake of postage) who would be interested in beta testing an IV-17 smartsocket ? You would need to build a...
... Hi Chris, yes I am up for the task. I have some spare drivers kicking around somewhere I think. I have three pic18F26j50 I can send you, advise your...
Hey Group, With some help from a programming friend, we have put together a little windows app that will let you send RSS feeds from the internet to the...
... Well done Simon and thanks for sharing. It might be a while before I get to try it out but I think it is an ideal application for Smartsockets. Chris...
Chris, You talked a while back about beta testing, prototyping your new sockets. I didn't hear anything back from you. What is the state of play? Are you busy...
... Hi John, you were about to get a message about this today. Very briefly, a colleague broke her ankle a week after I spoke about beta testing and I had to...
... Hi Chris, Let me know your address off-list and I will send you the 3 sample PICs I have. As for the FET, Farnell have FDPF14N30 at 31pence while stocks...
Anyone make a program running the sockets directly with an Arduino yet. And would they be happy to show? Can the arduino directly drive the sockets (serial)...
... I don't have any experience with Arduino's (surely a renegade band of mexican bandidos ? Or very tough wino's ?....probably loses something in translation...
Firstly, hello to the new members. You should feel free to poke about in the files sections and post messages about any questions you may have, we're all here...
... Hi Andrew, I have not tested your PIC yet. I started to design a board, but your choice of ports makes a single-sided etched board fiendish to lay out. I...
... I started to design a board, but your ... No problem at all John, I selected the pin order just to make debugging easier and laid out my breadboard...
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Aug 20, 2010 2:17 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the smartsockets group. File : /IV-17...
... OK I just uploaded a tentative and incomplete s/s Smartsocket IV-17 board layout I have been working on, as a PDF. As you can see, there are lots of links...
... Thanks John. It occurred to me that an ideal solution will be difficult to find because we all have preferences. Having a large number of links is not...
The new IV-17 socket code is coming along nicely and should be ready soon.... Changes from previous versions are: a) Introduction of an output pin remapping...
I have aquired bunch of Phillips made ZM1000 tubes. Since I have no clue of their quality I need to test them. I am looking for suggestions on how to build...
Hi Chris, I have nearly finished a Smartsocket-Display with 12x ZM-1350. During this I encountered 2 Problems: The enumeration of the smartsocke usually fails...
Thanks for your comments Roger, it is nice to hear some feedback. Your powerdown issue may have something to do with your power supply. Have you measured the...
Hi Chris, I just checked my power supply for how long it holds the voltage after switching off. Voltage is down to zero after about 1...2 seconds, so this...
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Sep 28, 2010 7:37 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the smartsockets group. File : /ZM 1350...
I'm glad you've resolved the enumeration failure issue. that was a piece of trouble to get working originally. For MCLR, I wasn't aware that the 16F690 had an...
... That would be nice, because I have a dozen IV-17 lying around for some time and waiting for the new smartsockets dedicated to them :-) The effort of wiring...
Same here. I think I have a couple dozen just waiting for a fixitsan kit. :) Michail In a message dated 9/28/2010 7:15:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ...
The current position is that the sockets are up and running. I have only made one socket so far and will need to assemble another on breadboard to make sure...
Hi Chris, A solution for the decimal point drivers could be using a UDN2981 or UDN 2982/2 instead of a bunch of transistors and resistors. These are octal...
... Hi Roger, Because the tubes are multiplexed then I only need two decimal point switches to control all 8 DP's. My previous DP switch actually shorted them...
... I just remembered that i posted this on Youtube, Roger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQWgSccD6Q Showing the DP's being controlled by shorting them to...
