Good presentation! Yer lucky to have gotten your hands on these lil' IEE babies...the intervening years haven't made finding them any easier! With all the recent interest in Nixie tech, a dekatron counter array with a one-plane readout would make a nice take on the retro-50's clock. I read somewhere that OPDs are still being produced (though not by IEE), and are currently still used in aviation, but I've found no further info to bear that out.
I pulled one out of a dead 1960 pinball/ converted slot machine. I'm wondering how much power I'd need just to test this thing. Very cool. No one knew what the thing was.
Good presentation! Yer lucky to have gotten your hands on these lil' IEE babies...the intervening years haven't made finding them any easier! With all the recent interest in Nixie tech, a dekatron counter array with a one-plane readout would make a nice take on the retro-50's clock. I read somewhere that OPDs are still being produced (though not by IEE), and are currently still used in aviation, but I've found no further info to bear that out.
noscwoh1 8 months ago
I pulled one out of a dead 1960 pinball/ converted slot machine. I'm wondering how much power I'd need just to test this thing. Very cool. No one knew what the thing was.
coinballpgh 2 years ago
@coinballpgh Since you're just lighting incandescent bulbs, should be around 5v. ..But you've probably figured that out by now. :)
noscwoh1 8 months ago
Jason, AWESOME idea. I look forward to hearing more about the wacky, nerdy and ultra cool things that you know about. Very fun, my friend!
okkelly 2 years ago
I did find this interesting!
hungryhippolw 2 years ago
the tree or broccoli I would say is a Clover.
brenthoser99 2 years ago
cool vid but i had to turn up all 3 of my volumes to hear it otherwise very nice
havok311 2 years ago
Very, very interesting! :)
How about doing a thing on nixie tubes too? Display tech of bygone days intrigue me!
LA6NPA 2 years ago
Cool! I think the tree is supposed to be a clover.
pacosaidso 2 years ago
Wow, i've never heard of 1 plane displays. You got to post a vid of one as a speedometer for your bug!
anglebender 2 years ago
Very interesting video, it's nice to hear about some of the lesser known display technologies.
8bitZombeh 2 years ago
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very interesting stuff!
toecutter169 2 years ago
I really enjoyed this! even tough it was really techy geeky stuff.
leftfootmedia 2 years ago