Neon bulb logic elements link?
Dwight K. Elvey
dwight.elvey at amd.com
Wed May 25 18:05:54 CDT 2005
>From: "Eric Smith" <eric at brouhaha.com>
>
>I wrote:
>> You turn on a particular tube by dropping the X line to 0V and raising
>> the Y line to +105V. The selected tube sees 105V, while the other tubes
>> in the same row and column see 97.5V.
>
>Tom wrote:
>> I think your idea is generally right, but this detail seems wrong:
>> when X goes from +7.5V to 0V, the entire line will see 105V,
>> striking the entire line.
>
>Nope.
>
> 7.5V 0V
>
> X0 X1
> | |
> | |
> 97.5V Y0 --------90V-----------97.5V
> | |
> | |
>105.0V Y1 --------97.5V----------105V
>
>
>Locations (0,0), (1,0), and (1,0) are all still below the strike
>voltage.
>
Hi
When building neon logic, it might be better to consider
using capacitive coupling to connect up your logic.
Otherwise you may find that you'll have a significant
level shifting problem.
Just a thought
Dwight
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