Manuela IV-12

Price:   159 €

By Jürgen Grau

Jürgen just sent in a new clock that he will soon be selling as a kit on his website.  It is an IV-12 based vacuum fluorescent tube clock with a clean looking sandwich style acrylic enclosure.  The kit will also include a power supply, lead forming tool and gloves.  The completed enclosure should be 196mm X 65mm X 23mm.

Photos

Video:

Features:

• Fading digits with adjustable speed
• Leading zero suppression
• Scrolling date with adjustable speed and frequency
• Two levels of brightness
• Software adjustable correction of the crystal's deviation
• Alarm with adjustable tone and snooze time
• Soft flashing column LEDs with simulated VFD colors (RGB type LEDs)
• Built in RGB controller for many lighting styles and millions of colors

P.S. Be sure to check out his IN-12 Nixie clock too.

Links

• http://www.nixiekits.eu/
• On eBay

UPDATES 8/1/2010:

• Jürgen sent in some great photos and a video of the clock in action.

UPDATES: 8/8/201:

• Jürgen sent in nearly-finished product shots.  The only difference between the photos and the final product will be the PCB color.  The finished design will be blue with white printing.