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This repository contains a circuit designed for driving electrostatic CRTs. For additional details on the circuit see http://tubetime.us/?p=183. There are several boards in this design:

  1. 1KV Power Supply This board takes a 12V input and steps it up to approximately 800V-1200V. The circuit can source several milliamps so be extremely cautious while using it to prevent nasty electric shocks. Voltages this high with even just a few milliamps can stop your heart!

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  1. Electrostatic CRT Deflection and Video Amplifier The heart of the circuit is this board. It has two fully differential high voltage amplifiers/level shifters to drive the deflection plates, and a high-speed video amplifier (approx. 6MHz bandwidth) driving the CRT cathode. The input signals are all 3.3V analog. You may drive the video amplifier with a 0-3.3V analog video signal or a 3.3V logic level signal for blanking. Note that the default state has the beam OFF, so you will either need to connect the video in pin to 3.3V or adjust the brightness pot to see anything on the screen.

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  1. Video Amplifier Bias Supply The deflection board needs a stiff 60V bias supply for the video amplifier. This board provides it given a 12V input. With some modifications you could use this board as a Nixie tube power supply. For that you would need to change the value of R1 and C5 (to have the proper voltage rating).

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ScopeMag aplification factor

Hello, I am creating this issue as it seems I can't post a comment on your blog. First thank you for your work, it seems to be a single resource on the web which is easy to follow and explains a lot about custom crt drivers.

I have a question tho regarding amplification of ScopeMag bord. I tried it on some old old 9" crt. It seems to work but i only get a deflection of third of the screen. Preamp stage generates a peek signals of around 11 V . So I guess i need to tweek power amplifiers amplification factor. As I understand R8 (49.9K from opamp output to power amp inverting input) and R11 (1 meg) configures the amplification rate, so basically lowering R8 should pump more amps to the coils? I am not so bright on analog circuits :) so your input would be much valuable. Thank you

I know this is the incorrect place to ask this

Hey, I recently found your youtube channel. I've been looking for some way to contact you to ask you about this but I couldn't find a way to contact you on tube time. I've got to say, from what I've seen so far I'm a huge fan of your work!

I was wondering, do blue CRTs exist? I've heard people talk about blue phosphorous but I have never been able to find a place to source them.

I'd love to be able to use a blue CRT for a future project.

Thanks for your time and sorry for contacting you via this (mean) method!

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