Nixie Clocks
Nixie-based tube clocks
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$141 USD / eBay
Forum user AnubisTTB found a nice nixie clock design on CrystalRadio.cn. What really makes this clock stand out is the level of detail in the traces. Member Beast Lee confirmed that the seller will ship worldwide via DHL. Hopefully Beast Lee will post some photos when he gets his :)
Features:
1, with DC12V power supply, the maximum power current of 400mA.
2, the use of glow 6 QS30-1 digital control, can display year, month, hour, day or displayed simultaneously.
3, using 13 neon 3mm in diameter, can indicate the week and the clock colon.
4, using all the features of infrared remote control operation (on / off clock, shows the lunar calendar, the Gregorian calendar, indoor temperature, adjust the date and time, etc.).
5, the bottom of each tube stars glow bright white LED chip to do a background light, the backlight can be turned off when the alternating light and dark once per second (note the transition of light and dark, not bright, and off, using the PWM LED production Dimming effect of a shining in the evening), boot time can also turn on or off by remote control the backlight function.
6, using passive buzzer to remote control operation of each voice prompts, the results of different operating functions and have different sounds.
7, can be automatically calculated according to calendar time, day of the week, and can automatically calculate the lunar date, the settings only need to set the date to the Gregorian calendar.
8, in order to extend the life of glow tube (after all, LED tube relatively short life span of many) that can glow with a remote control off the clock, but the whole point of every moment, glow clock showed 10 seconds automatically start time, start Be the whole point timekeeping.
9, using 18B20 as a temperature sensor, to display the indoor temperature.
10, all in a double-sided circuit board layout, circuit board is designed, delicate lines, and the glow tube Brilliance, all GND lines were plated the network, the circuit board thickness 2mm.
11, the internal DC-DC boost circuit used to provide 180v DC high voltage for the glow tube use, small size and high efficiency.
12, used as the master C8051F310 MCU, all programs using C language.
13, using 74HC595 decoder control to do the corresponding figures glow tube display.
14, using DS1302 clock chip, with high-precision crystal resonator Citizen (32.768kHz, accuracy ± 5ppm).
15, MCU and clock chips are also used to use the 5v power supply step-down DC-DC circuit, high efficiency, small heat.
Links:
- TubeClockDB.com Forum
- CrystalRaio.cn Forum
- eBay Auction
- eBay Seller
- Designer's Blog
- Designer's Website
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Michael of BadNixie.com fame clued me in to a new clock from Lawrence Wilkins / MrNixie.com. This is a cool little 6-digit nixie clock and appears to be using IN-17 tubes. It's a cute little design - I like it!
Features:
- All functions controlled from one neat, intuitive rotary control
- Miniature (9mm high display) Russian IN17 Nixie tubes
- Six-digit display showing hours, minutes, seconds, or day, month, year, Temperature, Alarm
- Super-smooth fading between digits
- On-board precision Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (better than 15 seconds per year)
- 12 or 24-hour hour display mode
- Blue LED back light display (can be switched on/off)
- Indicators for AM/PM, time, and alarm-set mode
- Alarm, with snooze
- Variable volume "tick"
- European or US date display formats DDMMYY or MMDDYY
- Simple hourly chimes, with selectable Silent-Night mode
- Automatic leap-year calculation
- Universal Automatic Daylight Savings Time calculation for almost all geographies
- Manual or automatic display brightness at hours of your choice
- Automatic display blanking at hours of your choice (saves power, further prolongs nixie tube life)
- Safe, low-voltage design, via a 9-16 V AC or DC “wall-wart” UK EU, US power supply;
- On-board battery retains TyNixie's time and settings for a minimum of 7 days in the event of power loss
- Optional external temperature probe (-50C to 120C, or 58F to +255F ) Degrees C or F
- Optional relay output to drive slave clocks or other equipment
- Available in kit or fully assembled form
- Compact design in 5 inch square (120mm) black ABS case
- Every clock is individually serial numbered and comes with its own certification
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Michael is certainly making a name for himself as of of the best enclosure manufacturers in the market. He just emailed me about his new NixiModerne - Variant II and it is one gorgeous piece of timekeeping machinery. The enclosure is made of black walnut cut in either 1/2 or 1/4 inch slabs. The brass plate is a solid piece of 1/4 inch metal and as you can probably guess, this thing is heavy: it weighs 30 pounds! That is one substantial clock. There are a total of 64 machine threaded fasteners so this is not going to fall apart any time soon.
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499€ / Limited Edition (350 pieces)
Here is a cool little TELEFUNKEN themed Nixie clock from Intron Electronic GMBH. It is a 6 tube format but I can't quite tell what kinds of tubes they used from the photos. I have contacted the manufacturer to learn more.
If someone here buys one, let me know. I'd like to get your impressions of it (and maybe a few photos too...)
Specifications
- HH MM SS display
- 12/24 hour mode
- Adjustable display/tube brightness
- Built in power supply for 100-240V 50/60 Hz
- Battery backup
- Dimensions: 325mm X 135mm X 126mm (W X H X D)
- Mass: 2.2Kg
Links:
- Intron Electronic GMBH
- Buy it here (clausurbach.de)
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