David, Great news!!
I have been patiently (or maybe not so patiently??) waiting for the next incarnation of your scope clock since I missed the last sell off many years ago.. (was it back in 2008???) Please PLEASE add my name to the list of folks wanting one. I'm not sure I can bear the wait hehehe.. Thanks, Kerry On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 1:00:04 AM UTC-5, nixiebunny wrote: > > Folks, > > I have been trying to find a way to fit all my stuff into the storage > room, and realized that it has too many CRTs in it. This has led to me > taking the year off the First Robotics team I've mentored, to get some > free time to design a product that will help me sell all those CRTs. > > I am working on reviving my Scope Clocks. > > I've decided to go with an Arduino style processor, since it's way more > user-friendly and popular than those wacky Motorola processors I used or > the PICs that the OscilloClock uses. So I'm rewriting the code in C, > which will take a few weeks. > > I've also redesigned the board and case to be DIY-friendly, and to > resemble an old 3 inch oscilloscope. I have come up with a circuit board > layout that fits behind the front panel. The panel has the look of a > fifties 'scope, with the intensity and focus knobs at top corners and > the H and V knobs below, and a big time-setting encoder in the lower > center. (Did you know that it's impossible to find high voltage pots and > rotary encoders that share a common knob?) > > I've already designed and made a quickie laser-cut case, since I have > access to a laser cutter now. Quick turn fab is marvelous. > > I'll post photos when I have something to take photos of. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1582b946-f570-4311-9c79-feed3a068f23%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
