Gsx750es clock bulbs

[wraith]

Does anyone know what type/name theses bulbs are and if you can get patent or are they oem only?

They are the ones for the gear position 

[Wee Man]

Are the bulbs fixed in the black rubber surround or do they come out without shattering in 1000's of bits?

[wraith]

34 minutes ago, Wee Man said:

Are the bulbs fixed in the black rubber surround or do they come out without shattering in 1000's of bits?

Lol.

not really gave them a real good pull as don't want to bust them  but they seem pretty fixed in the rubber 

[Wee Man]

I've not seen anything like the rubber surround before. 

Almost looks like these, with the wire ends pushed out end of rubber. 

Edited Sunday at 07:47 PM by Wee Man

[wraith]

Just got one out 

The things we do on a cold Sunday 

[wraith]

Look similar to what is in your picture. 

So the next question is what are they called  and do they do them in a led type? 

I suppose @GeorgeEI7KO is the man to ask about small led bulbs 

[Wee Man]

https://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/p/t4-2-x-11-5mm-12v-1-1w-514

[Gixer1460]

Unlikely to find LEDs in that pattern! Could make something with a separate LEDs + resistors but bit of a pita when correct types are available?

[wraith]

31 minutes ago, Gixer1460 said:

Unlikely to find LEDs in that pattern! Could make something with a separate LEDs + resistors but bit of a pita when correct types are available?

Yes think for what they are just getting some standard ones 

[GeorgeEI7KO]

Pain in the arse if you dont know how to do it I suppose

[Dezza]

Looks like the sort of thing you used to be able to find in Maplins. Learn something new every day. I would have thought that bike would have had the digital gear indicator as fitted to many Suzuki models of the 70s/80s.

[Gixer1460]

8 hours ago, Dezza said:

Looks like the sort of thing you used to be able to find in Maplins. Learn something new every day. I would have thought that bike would have had the digital gear indicator as fitted to many Suzuki models of the 70s/80s.

They were never digital - it relied on a 5 or 6 position gear switch with 5 or 6 wires to individual bulbs in the dash indicator - pure analogue operation. 'Clunky' but they worked until a bulb blows LOL!

[Dezza]

The output is a series of displayed digits like a digital watch, as in definition 2 . So it's digital.

 

digital | ˈdɪdʒɪt(ə)l | adjective 1 (of signals or data) expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization. Often contrasted with analogue.• relating to, using, or storing data or information in the form of digital signals: digital TV | a digital recording. • involving or relating to the use of computer technology: the digital revolution. 2 (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of displayed digits rather than hands or a pointer. 3 relating to a finger or fingers. 

[Gixer1460]

8 hours ago, Dezza said:

The output is a series of displayed digits like a digital watch, as in definition 2 . So it's digital.

But these don't work like that - a lamp lights behind a translucent number indicating selected gear.

[gs7_11]

It's digital. The 12v to each bulb is either on or off, a binary state. 1 or 0. It's clunky, but still digital. 12v or 0v. You could still encode it all as digital bits.

Regardless of how it is displayed.

The 7 segment version works the same way, and is no more nor less digital, except each line in is used to drive different segments in the display.

Analogue refers to a continuously variable input or output. Analogue speedos make sense, gear indicators not.