Nixie Clock...

Bamse

Not really a Parallax product, but there is a Hydra in the background in the second photo...
I just love the glow of these tubes in a dark room...

This project was half done two years ago and packed away during a move and then forgotten...
I was cleaning out some boxes and found the kit again, put it together and it looks great.

Nixie tubes came from E-bay, ordered from the Ukraine.
The PCB came from www.electricstuff.co.uk, www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html#ready.
The case came from Electronic Goldmine,www.goldmine-elec.com/.
All the other components were just ordered from Digi-Key...

As you can see, I used a liberal amount of Epoxy to mount the sockets for the Nixie Tubes.

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Living on the planet Earth might be expensive but it includes a free trip around the sun every year...

Experience level:
[noparse][[/noparse] ] Let's connect the motor to pin 1, it's a 6V motor so it should be fine.
[noparse][[/noparse] ] OK, I got my resistors hooked up with the LEDs.
[noparse][[/noparse]X] I got the Motor hooked up with the H-bridge and the 555 is supplying the PWM.
[noparse][[/noparse] ] Now, if I can only program the BOE-BOT to interface with he Flux Capacitor.
[noparse][[/noparse] ] I dream in SX28 assembler...

/Bamse

Whit

Bamse said...

As you can see, I used a liberal amount of Epoxy to mount the sockets for the Nixie Tubes.

As my Dad says, "If a little bit is good, a lot is better!"

Nice project!

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Whit+


"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney

Ductapemaster

Nice job! I made a nixie clock a while ago using the basic stamp and a pocketwatch B module (now discontinued). It worked great for a while and then it decided that it wouldn't keep time anymore...someday I'll fix it!