On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:18 AM, Peter Washington <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
>  The project right now is turning the BBB into a GPS-disciplined NTP
>> server. The plan is to have a local UTC display (I think Nixies would be
>> cool for that classic retro look but 7-segment LED displays would be OK too
>> and easier to drive) and eventually use it to discipline my Rubidium
>> reference as well.
>>
>
> I've attached an article from Elektor magazine that shows a VERY simple
> Nixie Tube implementation that I thought might interest you.
>

Stellar! Thank you. I might have to multiplex the control lines for the
digits but there are some really nice high-voltage shift registers that
could be used.


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