Nixie ·Nixie
MG157
Cold-cathode numerical display tube intended for direct electronic readout. Its manufacturer documentation establishes a glow-discharge indicator function and provides operating, rating, and mechanical information for use as a visible numerical display.
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- -
Description
MG157 is a cold-cathode cold-cathode numerical/display tube, classified as Nixie for this batch. The supplied datasheet was reviewed for ratings, operating conditions, display/counting function, and mechanical information.
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater voltage
- -
- Nominal heater current
- -
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
Terminal pinout
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
Section ratings
1 physical section, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Nixie
No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.
Cold-cathode glow/counting/display section; published values retained as parameters where legible.
Source-dependent data
Operating conditions by source
Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.