30 Sep
2008
30 Sep
'08
11:21 a.m.
On Tuesday 30 September 2008 14:12, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Sep 30, 2008, at 12:34 AM, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
That numbering is completely new to me, but then I haven't kept up with a
fair amount of stuff anyhow. Do you know of datasheets for those out there
somewhere?
Yep. I wouldn't mind getting some nixies to
play with too, but
those are
getting way too complicated too. And are the driver chips for them
available
at all any more? What was it, the 7441?
I do a lot of stuff with Nixie tubes.
7441s are pretty rare, but 74141s are around. The Russian clone
of the 74141, the K155, is readily available on eBay at reasonable
prices. I've used quite a few of them with good results. Nixie tubes really aren't that difficult to
drive. If you decide
to give them a shot, drop me a note and I'll send you some info to
get you started.
I wouldn't mind playing with some, if I had the appropriate transformer and
such to drive them with. Used to be that you could get a transformer with a
nominal 125VAC output fairly easily, I haven't looked to see if they're out
there these days.
Somewhere in my box of connectors I have a bag of "nixie sockets" that I was
sent, I'm gonna have to take a pic of those and post it and see if anybody
can use 'em.
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