I also own some iw-11 and lots of iw-18 VFD tubes. I would like to build clock/calendar with timer using IW-18, and digital thermometer using IW-11. Do you have datasheet for those tubes ?
I have an original russian datasheet for the IV-11 and I made a datasheet with pinouts and measured specs for the IW-18. I can't send email to you, send me your email address and I will reply with the datasheets. Here's a page from a german guy that made a clock with the IW-18 VFD tube: http://home.arcor.de/nixie-tubes/Nixieclock6.htm CD
Hi, and sorry for bumping this old thread I was planning on using some (12 in total) VFD-tubes in an upcoming mod, but am a bit confused. The VFD's I'm planning on using are IV-17's, and the only "datasheet" I can find is this one : I think I understand the basics after reading up on how VFD's work, but am still a bit confused. On the datasheet I see a DC Voltage and a Pulse Voltage listed, I hope I understand it correctly and that can be interpreted as 'OF'. If that assumption is currect I need a switching DC-DC psu from 12V to 30V and I can hook up 5 VFD's in series on the pc's +12V or 2 VFD's in series on the pc's +5V. If this all is correct, can I modify turbokeu's linked circuit to meet my needs? And also I have no idea how much power these VFD-tubes will be consuming since I think they are static and not multplexed. Sorry if I make no sense at all, I have this idea stuck in my head, but my electronic knowledge is very limited
