On 1/28/12 3:42 AM, Cobra007 wrote:
Hello everybody here in the neonixie group.
I am also fascinated by wristwatches since I was like 5 years old. Had
a small repair shop called "Kopriso" when I was 12 (see "Kopriso
Watchmaking" on facebook).
At some stage I came across Jeff Thomas and also David Forbes nixie
watches and I thought it was a nice concept, but not very practical
because of the size of these watches. I also think the watch enclosure
from DF doesn't really match the beauty of the tubes and for sure
there is potential in improvement regarding battery life.
I played around with the tubes and batteries and found a way to reduce
the size, improve the design and get better battery life at the same
time. This design is now in a concept stage, I should receive the
boards within a few weeks to try it all out for real (see "Nixie
Watch" on facebook).
Michel,
Interesting work. The Nixie watch has amazed me in that no one has made
a similar design in the seven years since I made mine and published the
source code and schematics on the Web.
I'm also working on a smaller Nixie watch. There are batteries made for
Bluetooth that work well for this job. Recharging is something that
people are used to these days, what with phones and iPods etc.
I'm naturally driven by the Steve Jobs design ethic. Look up the iPod
aquarium story to see what I mean.
I'm still figuring out the buttons and power nibs to charge the watch.
We'll see what happens. A 3d printer figures in somehow.
--
David Forbes, Tucson AZ
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