3 Aug
2004
3 Aug
'04
11:18 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 09:38:30AM -0700, Loboyko Steve wrote:
This is not really a problem with surface mount. I
thought this would be impossible too - then I built,
as my first SMT project, a Nixie tube watch - with
"over 45" eyeballs that never worked perfectly.
http://juliepalooza.8m.com/sl/nixwatch.htm
I've been wanting to make one of those for a while... if I
found the tubes at a reasonable price, I'd probably do it.
OTOH, since I've made several "binary" clocks (BCD, really),
I've always wanted to design a "binary" wristwatch. I got
a start on laying out the LEDs with EagleCAD, but then someone
stole my laptop. :-(
I am concerned that all the TTL in the surplus market
now is all that there is-I can't beleive that anyone
is making any more. Wire-wrap sockets and quality
punched boards are getting very expensive.
Fortunately, I have a quantity of sockets... what I usually have
to go out and buy/find is the perfboard.
-ethan
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