Very cool clock! I assume the Reed switches are there so you can use a magnet to set the correct time?
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 6:02:13 PM UTC+1 Pieter-Tjerk de Boer wrote: > As promised earlier, more detailed information, including schematics, > about my clock is now on my website: > https://www.pa3fwm.nl/projects/neonclock2/ > > Regards, > Pieter-Tjerk > > On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 7:13:10 PM UTC+1 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=E3PBJUcKeoo >> >> 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/01cdbb29-1997-4598-bad2-9d0f74c4d8can%40googlegroups.com.
