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...
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...
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...
... 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. ...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
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....
... Hello Garrett It is perfectly possible to modify the existing IV17SS to run other VFD tubes, it requires a different tube deck PCB. It's no biggy to do it,...
... Hello Garrett It is perfectly possible to modify the existing IV17SS to run other VFD tubes, it requires a different tube deck PCB. It's no biggy to do it,...
I'm going over to Ireland for a few days to visit family, but I've managed to escape packing duties in order to build up the first IV-17 Smartsocket for...
The Emerald isle was great, that Guiness definitely does taste better over there. Back to work though, I wanted to make sure that two interconnected...
... I'm working on that, slowly but surely Michail. Apart from a couple of kits using the first boards which should be available in a week or two, I expect...
Yeah!!!! Month or so? Well, waited this long. I like the idea of the smartsocket driver. Way kewl to have SSD and the ethernet. Talk about a complete...
... The driver will be fun to develop. I have experience with SD cards and ethernet, also bluetooth and SMS. W SD cards and bluetooth interfaces are quite...
... I am thinking the Raspberry Pi will be an ideal candidate for this, with everything already on board. I know it's not out yet, but hopefully by the end of...
I believe there is also an Arduino with everything built into a single unit (except maybe the BT). Michail 206-920-6312 In a message dated 10/25/2011 2:11:51...
... I saw that earlier this year. It really is the doggies dooh-dahs isn't it. I really hope it does achieve one of it' smain aims which is to generate a lot...
... Indeed it is the mutt's nuts. There are a bunch of 0.1" pins on the Pi board that are intended for general I/O use. The more expensive option with ethernet...
I am making some minor changes to this circuit now in the hope that it realises the potential for the IV-17 SS to be an experimenter's kit too. I will be a...
