Nice clock Pieter! I like your Skeletal' layout. I always liked making wire circuits :) I designed and have a couple of NE-2 ring counter clocks and yes, every so often, I get to change out a ring to keep the clock running. No fun at all! -joe
On Thu, 2020-12-24 at 10:13 -0800, Pieter-Tjerk de Boer wrote: > I recently completed a nixie clock without any transistors, > microcontrollers or other ICs, instead using trigger tubes to > implement the digital counters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3PB > JUcKeoo > > Actually, I'm not even using the 'trigger' function of these tubes, > they are just used as neon lamps with a large difference between > strike and maintaining voltage. It's this difference which allows one > to build counters with them. I'll publish a more detailed description > on my website later on. > > Some may know that I built a similar clock over ten years ago: > http://pa3fwm.nl/projects/neonclock/ > That clock used regular NE-2 style neon lamps for the logic; > unfortunately it became unreliable, as the lamps' properties changed > with time. I hope the new clock will turn out to be more reliable... > > Regards, > Pieter-Tjerk > > > > > > -- > > 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/e9808ce4-c216-4771-a1e0- > 42faa4db2a3dn%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/1608947939.3280.10.camel%40gmail.com.
