I have been waiting for a smart socket kit to be ready for IV-17, but...... Is it just me, or did everyone notice that IV-4 and IV-17 have run out of supplies...
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fixitsan2
Jun 18, 2011 1:44 pm
I've found I have a couple more HV5812 drivers than I need and noticing the VFD tubes seem to have gone awol from ebay I've made a listing, should anyone be...
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michail1@...
michailrw
Jun 28, 2011 3:19 pm
I am surprized that this guy is able to spam into the group so long. Michail...
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fixitsan2
Jul 27, 2011 6:52 pm
Due to yet more spam this group's membership category has been changed to 'restricted'. All new members now need to apply before joining. Any suggestions for...
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Quixotic Nixotic
whoop_john
Jul 27, 2011 7:20 pm
... Do you have big attributes? Just a suggestion... John S...
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michail1@...
michailrw
Jul 27, 2011 7:20 pm
Are you a human? What is 1 + 1? Michail In a message dated 7/27/2011 11:52:23 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fixitsan@... writes: Due to yet more spam this...
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matt mann
overnightdeejay
Jul 27, 2011 8:12 pm
how many segments in your prefferred display...? common cathode or common anode? LOL......
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Charles MacDonald
cmacd123
Jul 27, 2011 9:41 pm
... 1) what is your interest in the group. (answer should be somewhere on track) 2) what is a nixie? 3) do you prefer hardware or software... 4) what is your...
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Garrett Stewart
xaero252
Jul 28, 2011 5:37 am
2 Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ... From: michail1@... Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 13:19 To: smartsockets@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
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debbieginn.t21@...
debbieginn.t...
Aug 11, 2011 12:30 pm
Hi Folks, been out of touch for a while, can someone update me on the progress of the smartsockets for the IV-17s, is anybody selling them yet as a kit?, I was...
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michail1@...
michailrw
Aug 11, 2011 2:18 pm
John, I am interested in finding out as well. Would be nice if 4 tube modules could be added as well to make them 8, 12, 16, 20 as well. Michail In a message...
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fixitsan2
Aug 23, 2011 6:17 am
John, Michail I have not managed to get boards made yet and am a long way off making a pcb design in fact. They can be daisychained too, like all other...
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Sep 13, 2011 7:49 pm
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guus.assmann@...
guusassmann2000
Oct 8, 2011 9:16 pm
Hello Chris, Finally I came round to testing again. I have a PICKIT 2 prigrammer now. This one reports that some of the settings are not in the file. The...
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fixitsan2
Oct 14, 2011 8:14 am
Hello to the new members. Apologies for being slow to approve your membership. Previously, membership was open but due to excessive spam I changed the...
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fixitsan2
Oct 14, 2011 8:37 am
I have noticed that the IV-17 sockets have had virtually no interest for a long time, apart from a message I received this week about them and so I have...
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John Rehwinkel
jrehwin
Oct 14, 2011 12:34 pm
... Could you use 30 volts instead? Goldmine has their VFD power supplies on sale for a buck apiece. They also offer a nice centertapped AC filament supply. ...
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michail1@...
michailrw
Oct 14, 2011 12:46 pm
Would I need 1 per tube? Michail In a message dated 10/14/2011 5:34:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jrehwin@... writes: ...
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John Rehwinkel
jrehwin
Oct 14, 2011 12:56 pm
... It depends on the tube, but you could likely run a 2-3 tubes with this supply. Note that as delivered, it produces a negative output voltage, not a...
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fixitsan2
Oct 14, 2011 4:38 pm
Hi John, I've already tried persuading Sure but they aren't going to go for it. I did get the price down very low so there is very little business in it for...
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Quixotic Nixotic
whoop_john
Oct 16, 2011 6:26 pm
... Chris, I am still very interested. I think we have been watching Guus's progress with the fuse settings with interest. I suppose nobody wanted to be the...
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fixitsan2
Oct 17, 2011 9:23 am
... Hi John ... I couldn't understand why Guus had a problem using the Pickit2 and the code I produced. I used 2 seperate programmers, two PCs and two...
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Mark Van Kannel
vankanma
Oct 17, 2011 11:45 am
If it helps your descision whether to jump in and make kits, I'm interested in 5 to 7 "four letter word" kits (tubeless) as I have the tubes. Mark...
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Quixotic Nixotic
whoop_john
Oct 17, 2011 12:02 pm
... I know what you mean. I sometimes work from front to back or back to front of the tube, trimming the leads on the diagonal with a pair of scissors before I...
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michail1@...
michailrw
Oct 17, 2011 2:04 pm
I also would be interested in several kits as well. ESPECIALLY if stackable (meaning if we could attach each 4 tube board together to run strings for...
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fixitsan2
Oct 18, 2011 1:13 pm
... I sometimes work from front to back or back to ... I've thought about combing them straight, it will definitely make it easier. A jig would be great, a...
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fixitsan2
Oct 18, 2011 1:17 pm
... Mark, I don't have any FLW drivers yet. The Smartsocket interfaces 4 IV17 tubes to a serial data stream. Once the kit is finalised I will look towards...
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fixitsan2
Oct 18, 2011 1:18 pm
... Michail The kits stack. The PCBs have been designed so that when the kits are side by side uniform tube spacing is maintained. You can stack upto 252 tubes...
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Garrett Stewart
xaero252
Oct 18, 2011 2:50 pm
I have a question regarding the IV-17 SS, I know that it is designed for and more expressly fits the footprint of the IV-17, but given that an IV-12 has...
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michail1@...
michailrw
Oct 18, 2011 2:54 pm
Then count me in for some as well. What sucks is I bought about 16 7971 smart sockets. Assembled half and did nothing with them. I know, it's a shame....
