I haven't used mine in a while, but my Dad is busy tending to an errant ring of lamps.... :) I still have a board to build, but I'm going to use socket pins to hold the neons so I can swap them in and out easier.....
I'm in the throes of designing a case for the trigger tube clock....once done, I'll post a few pictures. -Nick On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:58 AM Joe Croft <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/16649953.tyyIvWmAJN%40phil?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. 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