B-7971 message board clock !

Mefistofelix

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Oct 9, 2011, 12:26:43 PM10/9/11

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I have picked up a few B-7971 supertubes and whilst I have Jeff, Pete and Jurgen's wonderfull 4LW quietly swearing in the corner - I yearn for a clock/message board with maybe 8 or more of these tubes with a clock function but also a scrolling message feature with a computer link to drive it.

I am an application programmer and could do the computer end, but can anyone advise on creating a board (to drive a number of single tube driver boards) and software to accept output from my computer code ?

As regards the output I thought we could start with Shakspeare and go from there ....

coggs

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Oct 9, 2011, 2:08:02 PM10/9/11

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I'm putting the finishing touches on a new batch of B7971x8 driver
boards. Please have a look, and if you are interested go to the store
and put yourself on the "notify when back in stock" list. The wait
won't be much longer.

http://cogwheelcircuitworks.com/projects/nixie-system/b7971/b7971-x8-display/

Note that it is entirely open-source so you can modify the
functionality as you please.

Cheers,
..c

fixitsan

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Oct 19, 2011, 5:29:05 PM10/19/11

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Have you looked at Smartsockets yet ? They are flexible and carry many
animations and special effects. One required per tube.

I'm currently working on a four tube IV-17/IV-4 vacuum fluorescent 16
segment display Smartsocket, in case you were looking for mini (and
cheaper) version of the larger FLW

Details are at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smartsockets/?yguid=48099276

Feed them with ascii message strings and watch them display the
message. Simple

Chris

astroschmidt

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Oct 20, 2011, 5:24:59 AM10/20/11

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Hi fixitsan,

great to hear, that you are still working on the four tube IV-17/IV-4
smartsockets.

My VFDs are waiting to be fired up...

Cheers

Roger

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