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26 lines
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path: "nixies-part-1"
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date: 2020-10-24
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title: "Nixie device: The planning"
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So one day on eBay I saw a very peculiar listing, a set of 8 B5441A (Also known
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as NL5441A). With some goading from my friends, I purchased it. They're small,
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only 0.75 inches in diameter, so they can't be too expensive, right?
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They were 100 USD each, excluding shipping and taxes.
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Yikes.
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Welp, I'm now obligated to create something with it---there's no way I'm going
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to let nearly a grand sit in a closet. Time to start planning.
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### Did I get ripped off?
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Short answer: probably. Longer answer: maybe not.
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B5441As are a considered a [late style nixie tube][sphere-bc-ca]
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[sphere-bc-ca]: https://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/nixies.html#:~:text=B-5441A
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http://tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/trade06-nixie-tubes.htm |