So, it started like this: I liked the Zirffa style Chinese boards - I thought the hardware was pretty good, but the firmware was really primitive. I was going to set about re-writing the firmware for these boards, but them came up with the idea of simply taking the hardware approach and using my existing firmware on it.
I took "inspiration" from the many Chinese boards out there. I took the time to go through quite a few prototype cycles and get the board worked out. I took the time to learn how to work the PCBA factories, how to specify the components, how to "productionize" the board design and so on. Now I am at the point that I have an assembled board available, which is far, far better in terms of firmware (it's open source and fully featured), has better hardware (e.g. proper clamping for the drivers, swappable tube holders) and is comparable in price to the Chinese boards. The prices you see on the site are "one off" prices. I'm calling it the MNC6 (Medium Nixie Clock 6-Digit) and you can have a look at the web page here: https://www.nixieclock.biz/StoreMNC6.html It is intended for people who don't want to spend the day soldering everything together, and instead want to have something up and running in half an hour or so. And because it's not from China, you can have some support for it! I'd be interested to hear your thoughts and feedback! -- 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/55d0b482-7974-4c2c-bb0f-1869e5832133n%40googlegroups.com.
