Well, mine arrived today nicely packaged, with no instructions. I'm glad the version I bought already had the PCB assembled. The basic assembly went OK, though I had to disassemble and reassemble when I found a baseplate piece was backward. Also, make sure you install the battery BEFORE you assemble it. The edge-lit plastic pieces need to have the protective layer removed, which is tedious work. As Eric pointed out, these pieces are a bit delicate, so handle with care. Once you have the clock assembled, they are safe. It runs from a 5V USB power supply, and the cable is provided.
There are operating instructions on the AliExpress listing. I need to 3D-print some pieces to block ambient light in order to read the display during the day. This is a much better quality display than an original edge-lit unit, and for the ridiculously low price of 38 USD, you cant beat this. On Friday, June 11, 2021 at 12:15:26 PM UTC-7 Terry Bowman wrote: > On Jun 10, 2021, at 5:27 PM, Tidak Ada <[email protected]> wrote: > > Keep car with the figures! The plastic is no plexi-glass, but a more > breakable plastic. > > > What else could it be? You have to be careful with thin acrylic because it > snaps like a twig. > > > Black cardboard/paper between the digits deminishes blurring of the > neighboring decade. > > > Good idea. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it > said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl > Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 > > > -- 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/37bc347a-fb9e-4aaa-85a2-76991c046404n%40googlegroups.com.
