Recently I was looking through a local antique warehouse when I spotted the glint of glass in an old cardboard box on a shelf in one of the booths. Sure enough...
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...
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...
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)...
Hi all, I can't recall if I've posted before, but I've been around the group for quite some time now. I recently (finally!) started building my SmartSocket...
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...
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...
Hey group, I have updated the readme and eagle files for the the LED starburst smartsockets, there were a couple of wiring errors in my first version! I have...
Hello members of Smart Sockets community. I have a collection of rare Russian tubes. Right now I thinking about changing my hobby, so I am considering selling...
I've had the time to do some more work, and this is where I am http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQWgSccD6Q The date and time number fonts are programmable, the...
Just now, I've uploaded two files. I'm not sure if it's the latest version, but it does show where changes are needed. On my design, only 4 pins were changed. ...
Simon is working on a smartsocket version for alphanumeric starburst LEDs. I have converted the pin assignments to better suit those displays. I have uploaded...
No video of these I'm afraid (awwww, shame !), Just lots of text .... In order to make highly animated displays using the current versions of software a large...
Yes, another update ! The basic 4 tube socket is working well when configured as a standard array of four smartsockets, and also it now has a 'Letterplay'...
Does anyone want to express a preference about how many tubes the IV-17 Smartsocket should have ? I can get the device to work with 6 tubes just as well as...
While working on the IV-4 vfd smartsocket I haven't used current limiting for any of the segments and this morning I noticed that the phosphors on the segments...
Just a few lines of code needed to be changed of the IV-17 Smartsocket and using a couple of 74HC4094 shift registers replace the HV5812 (they were all that...
Hello peoples, After seeing John Taylor's segmented LED test bed, I thought it would be cool if you can make a mini smartsocket for the 16 segment LED's. The...
Dear smartsocket-users, Today another batch of 150 B-7971 v.2 boards arrived from the PCB supplier and are available for sale. For futher detail check my...
At the risk of spamming my own group (!), I enjoy reading these teardown articles, probably because they give a reasonably balanced insight into what can be...
Has anyone tried using an SBC (Single Board Computer) to drive nixies. Meaning to drive B7971 with a web interface. I have seen SBCs that have serial and...
I am still not sure and haven't found a direct answer. What is the difference the two? Which is better and why? I believe they are the same size. Nothing...
I am interested in a 6 digit 7971 clock using these type of features, with GPS stability. I have not seen any good kits out there, and the smart socket lends...
I built up a board so I could take pictures for a pin soldering instructional and verify in-circuit programability of the soldered in PIC. I will send it to...
Just for fun I downloaded John Smout's list of four letter words into the PIC which controls the four IV-17's of this device. Then I added some random word...
Because the Smartsocket system has been designed to create a flexible and programmable display, I have found myself writing routines which reveal each...
