On Sep 21, 8:36 am, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > Just wondering... We've had a rash of new members recently, so rather > than just lurk in the shadows, why don't you all say a bit about > yourselves & your interests to the group...
I've been around since the Yahoo Nixie group. I have always loved glowing and sparking things, and knew about Nixies since high school in the early 80s. I always wanted to make a clock with them, since I love to see digital-county things do their business. I bought a small batch of ZM1210 and Z566M tubes around 2003? and made a clock from them based on AVR uC. It's been working for 6-7 years. Trouble is, I'm not a great case maker, so pathetic as it might seem, my clock still has no case :-( A few years ago I went bonkers and started collecting more tubes in addition to my LED flashlight habit. I got into the Russian VFDs as well, plus a few electrostatic CRTs, which I also played with in high school. I have spent the past 2 years designing a new PCB for 12 IV-17 tubes, and another for 6 IV-11 tubes. These are finally done. I seem to get hobby projects done ridiculously slow, because I have a little one always wanting my attention, and how can I deny her? They don't stay little forever! That and too many interests. Just added piano playing and target shooting over the past 2 years. Also, I design electronics at a scientific laboratory, so sometimes you have just had enough and don't want to do more of that at the end of the day. I used to be into figure skating, but I'm getting too old for that. Hence, my moniker "figureloop." Hopefully I will have the new PCBs running in about a year. My plans: 1. IN-18 clock 2. Z566M clock 3. NL840 clock 4. IN-17 clock in battery powered travel format with 6 digits. Clocks with no seconds just aren't fun. 5. IV-11, IV-22, IV-12 display boards for 6-digit clocks. 6. IV-17 12-char display board, probably will make a "word" clock 7. CRT clock and vector display 8. RGB laser vector and abstract graphics projector and Python GUI 9. Tesla coil, solid state 10. Marx bank, to perhaps 1MV. 11. I was considering a RGB propeller clock, since I have experience designing motor PLLs. 12. I wouldn't mind doing some laser range-finding, or a speed of light experiment with ns light pulses and a fast oscilloscope when my kid is a few years older. Mostly eye candy! Good day! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
