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https://github.com/otherguy/in-8-2-nixie-tube-fritzing

A Fritzing component for ИН-8-2 Nixie Tubes
https://github.com/otherguy/in-8-2-nixie-tube-fritzing

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A Fritzing component for ИН-8-2 Nixie Tubes

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# IN-8-2-Nixie-Tube-Fritzing

A Fritzing part for ИН-8-2 (IN-8-2) Nixie Tubes.

[Download `IN-8-2 Nixie.fzpz` here](https://github.com/otherguy/IN-8-2-Nixie-Tube-Fritzing/raw/master/IN-8-2%20Nixie.fzpz)

![IN-8-2 in Fritzing](img/fritzing.png)

## 🤔 What?

These [Nixie tubes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube) were made by МЭЛЗ (Melz Tube
Factory in Moscow, Russia) in the 1980s and have a normal number “5” instead of an upside
down “2”. They also have long, versatile, directly solderable wires and don't require sockets.

| Data | Value |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Type | **IN-8-2** (ИН-8-2) |
| Manufacturer | **МЭЛЗ** (Melz Tube Factory in Moscow, Russia) |
| Displayed symbols | 0–9, PR |
| Digit height | 18 mm (0.71") |
| Tube diameter nominal | 18 mm (0.71") |
| Tube diameter maximal | 19 mm (0.75") |
| Tube height | 55 mm (2.17") |
| Firing voltage | 170 V |
| Sustaining voltage | 135 V |
| Anode voltage maximal | 200 V |
| Anode voltage minimal | 100 V |
| Cathode current (digits) | 2.5–4.5 mA |
| Cathode current (PR) | 0.3–0.7 mA |
| Weight | 12g |

![IN-8-2 Tube](img/tube.png)

## 🙏 Acknowledgements

Greatly modified and improved by [@vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/vanepp) on the Fritzing Forums