Indeed. Since the magnet works through the glass, that's an easy way to safely add switches to the circuit (which is directly connected to the mains).
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 10:43:29 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > 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/a1241517-4a2f-4171-b8d1-c1b7d0913035n%40googlegroups.com.
