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General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: Trumpkin on July 15, 2009, 10:35:48 AM

Title: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Trumpkin on July 15, 2009, 10:35:48 AM

Here are some pics of my nixie tube project nearly finished, all I need to do now is make a case.  ;D

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Canabots on July 15, 2009, 04:09:38 PM

Ahhh, so you've gotten them drivers built, eh?

Looks really great! I wonder how that'd look on a butler robot...

Is it built to interface with a microcontroller? If so, I'm quite interested in seeing an example  ;D

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: SmAsH on July 15, 2009, 04:35:11 PM

wow, it looks good as!
i haven't seen anything even related to nixie tubes for a while!
if you do hook it up to a microcontroller, please let us know. that would be an awesome project!

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Trumpkin on July 15, 2009, 05:12:45 PM

It is hooked up to a microcontroller, the bottom board is the $50 robot board. The top board is the driver cicruit which is just a 7441 chip (second chip on this page:   http://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf-datasheets/Databooks-5/Document24240.pdf (http://www.datasheetarchive.com/pdf-datasheets/Databooks-5/Document24240.pdf)) Right now i have a program that cicles it through all 10 digits.

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: paulstreats on July 15, 2009, 05:44:24 PM

Nice to see somebody keeping Nixie tubes alive!

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: SmAsH on July 15, 2009, 06:10:29 PM

any chance of a video? ;D

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Trumpkin on July 15, 2009, 08:44:16 PM

Trying to find a good video host that isn't blocked on my mom and dads computer  :P

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: SmAsH on July 16, 2009, 04:53:09 PM

if its less than 10mb feel free to send it to me and ill upload it for you...
didn't you have it uploaded already?

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: darm dzzle on July 18, 2009, 12:00:52 AM

After reading this post, I had no idea what a Nixie Tube was. So I googled it and also came across a picture of a "Nixie" watch as worn by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, Inc.



(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Nixie_Wozniak.jpg)

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: SmAsH on July 18, 2009, 12:37:33 AM

holy crap that would look awesome at night!
but don't nixies need high voltages to operate?

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Razor Concepts on July 18, 2009, 07:40:58 AM

You can use a transformer to get a low voltage, high current in to a high voltage low current.

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Joker94 on July 21, 2009, 11:25:47 PM

hey trumpkin, where did you get the nixie tube, are they redily available to buy or not. Don't worry i don't want to copy, i am just curious ;D

Title: Re: Nixie Tube Pics
Post by: Trumpkin on July 27, 2009, 11:24:38 AM

You can get nixie tubes on ebay or if you search on google you can find a couple of online stores that sell them. I got my nixie tube free from a robotics meeting.