Hey i was curious about 2 things, 1 what are the paint colors for these 2 panels, 2 what are the 4 small greeblies that go around the scanner on hero 1,Hero panel almost done with exception of the 7 segment displays (hurry up Glenn!).
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/panels20.jpg http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/panels21.jpg
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/panels22.jpg http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/panels23.jpg
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/panels24.jpg http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/panels25.jpg
Although the viewer is now missing when the prop is displayed at exhibitions, you can see it was still present during ROTJ. We only get to see one row of the rectangular LEDs but clearly only two are lit up. They remain lit and don't seem to flash in any sequence during the scene:
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/carb15.jpg
So I lit those two up plus the two reverse ones on the opposite side. I suppose it would be neat to have them flashing alternatively but that's beyond me!
http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/carb16.jpg http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/kurtyboy2/carb17.jpg
Sorry for the necro post but I was able to get some of the accurate vintage gas discharge neon displays and I was wondering if anyone has any info on how to wire these up or what the power requirements are.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
Hmm now I am scared. My current plan is to use the fettronics board outputs for the 7 segment displays to switch Solid State relays which will control the 160v DC cathode connections to the gas discharge segments. I was just thinking that I would only need a 22k resistor on the anode. Does that sound like a valid plan or am I risking destroying the displays?
Thanks,
Mike
Here is the link to the Fettronics board http://www.fettronics.com/Showcase2.Htm
For the other electronics, I got these from Amazon:
High voltage DC power supply (I will drive from a separate 12v power source)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074N5LVFH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
SSR Boards are 8 channel 5v can handle 240v 2a loads that I found on ebay. Not sure if the Fettronics output is 5v. I will measure. May need to try and find 3v relay boards or possibly boost the signal with transistors to the 5v.
From what I know, all of the horizontal bars light, one panel has a 1 (2 vertical segments), +, and - that all light. As for pattern, I can not say if there is one and what it could be but I know the current suppliers of the electronics put in a lot of effort to replicate the patterns from the different movies and scenes.