Hi Nick, I thought I remembered sending a kit to you. I guess old age took away the memory of the 2nd kit. How are the clocks running? I have two that I built way back in the day but every year or two I have to replace a ring of lamps.
The 8 & 12 groupings of the lamps confused me. It makes a little more sense after reading Grahame's site. It is interesting that the rings have reset and carry tubes. Especially the carry tubes. Is that because of loading issues with the last bulb needing to trigger two loops? -joe On Friday, July 24, 2020 10:25:15 AM CDT Nicholas Stock wrote: > Joe, > > I've built a couple of your neon counter clocks....many moons ago. My Father > still has one too...they're great devices! > > It is a clock, if you look to the far right in the video, you'll see another > couple of nixies (hours), but the clock was in test mode deliberately sped up > to test one of the trigger counters. > > You can find details of the predecessor on Grahame's website.. > > www.sgitheach.org.uk/nixie8.html > > Nick > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 24, 2020, at 07:21, Christian Elzey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yo there's a Nixie version of that that's tempting for sure > > > >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 10:13 AM martin martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Reminds me of this project > >> https://makezine.com/2008/06/18/transistor-clock-kit-uses/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ~ > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 4:21 AM Joe Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Nick, > >>> > >>> I like it! What is the final target for this, going by the counts of > >>> bulbs in the rings (8 & 12) it doesn't seem to be a clock. Unless it's > >>> from Mars.... ;) > >>> > >>> Not to make this a pissing match, I know there are even prettier and more > >>> complex, ring counter clocks and not to mention it's yesteryear's news, > >>> but,I didn't exactly avoid punishments myself in the past. I did come up > >>> with the NixieNeon clock. > >>> > >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSaHHKSnvfI > >>> > >>> 7 ring counters with a total of 60 lamps . Not as many in total as yours, > >>> but they don't have the convenience of a trigger wire. The rings free run > >>> counting down the 60hz to the 12 bulb hour ring without the help of the > >>> processor,. The processor is only there to run the green lamps, the 5 > >>> minute eye candy and set to the time (assuming you have the RTC). > >>> > >>> My point of my previous email was that assembling 384 little ass SMD > >>> boards was no small feat. I doubt I would've lasted through it. > >>> > >>> My favorite ring counter clock of all time it this one! It is a great > >>> looking clock, I love the point to point wiring. I bet the 60 second ring > >>> was a nightmare to get counting so well! > >>> > >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4v7IDIYiNQ&list=PLcg96zVhEST67yy294qhAUgrr7ijZnUGe > >>> > >>> -joe > >>> > >>> On Thursday, July 23, 2020 4:55:50 PM CDT Nicholas Stock wrote: > >>> > Let's try that again....movie was too large.. > >>> > > >>> > https://www.instagram.com/p/CCPMzuOjdBs/ > >>> > > >>> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:52 PM Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > Speaking of glutton for punishment.... > >>> > > > >>> > > A follow on to Grahame's original Trigger tube clock....aptly called > >>> > > 'Neon'...that we're both working on....no semi-conductors.....the > >>> > > video > >>> > > shows one of the minutes boards fed with a 10Hz pulse for testing of > >>> > > the > >>> > > counters, hence the speed.... > >>> > > > >>> > > The ticking is from a couple of relays. > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:38 PM celzey11 <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > >> Allegedly there's some neon bulbs that actually act as thyratrons > >>> > >> that > >>> > >> can be used to make large scrolling displays...haven't seen any of > >>> > >> those > >>> > >> IRL though > >>> > >> > >>> > >> -- > >>> > >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > >>> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/04517e2c-4681-49a6-ad0c-d6d4da3a706ao%40googlegroups.com > >>> > >> . > >>> > >> > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/16649953.tyyIvWmAJN%40phil.
